[syn: quintuple, fivefold, five-fold]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
measure. It is seldom used.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quintuple
adj 1: having five units or components [syn: quintuple,
fivefold, five-fold]
n 1: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
v 1: increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"