noun
- a group or combination of six things.
- one of six offspring born at one birth.
- sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
- Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.
noun
- one of six offspring born at one birth
- a group of six things
- music a group of six notes played in a time value of four
n.1852, from adjective sextuple (1620s); patterned on triplet, etc.