'Quintuple' definitions:

Definition of 'quintuple'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having five units or components [syn: quintuple, fivefold, five-fold]
noun
A set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
verb
Increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"

Definition of 'Quintuple'

From: GCIDE
  • Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.] Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. [1913 Webster]
  • Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Quintuple'

From: GCIDE
  • Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. [1913 Webster]

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