sextuplet









sextuplet


noun

  1. a group or combination of six things.
  2. one of six offspring born at one birth.
  3. sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
  4. Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.

noun

  1. one of six offspring born at one birth
  2. a group of six things
  3. music a group of six notes played in a time value of four

n.1852, from adjective sextuple (1620s); patterned on triplet, etc.

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