sextuplet

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Etymology

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From sextuple +‎ -et.

Noun

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sextuplet (plural sextuplets)

  1. A group of six objects.
    Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, triplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, pentuplet, quintuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet
  2. One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
  3. (music) A group of six notes played in the time of four.
    1. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
    2. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
    3. (music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.

Usage notes

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Some authorities (for instance, Hugo Riemann, Theodore Bacon and Franklin Taylor) consider the double triplet to be a "false sextuplet", others (for instance, Evangelos Sembos, John Stainer and William Alexander Barrett) define the sextuplet solely as the double triplet, and still others (such as Antoine Damour, Aimable Burnett, and Élie Elwart) do not differentiate between the two.

Synonyms

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  • (six notes played in the time of four): sextolet

Coordinate terms

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  • (one of six born together): twin

Translations

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See also

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Number 1 2 3 4 5
Modifier single double / twofold triple / threefold quadruple / fourfold quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole loner / singleton / monad pair / couple / twosome / dyad trio / threesome / triad / troika foursome / tetrad fivesome
Part only one / singlet twin / one of two / doublet triplet / one of three quadruplet / one of four quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number 6 7 8 9 10
Modifier sextuple / hextuple / sixfold septuple / heptuple / sevenfold octuple / eightfold ninefold / nonuple tenfold / decuple
Whole sixsome sevensome eightsome ninesome tensome / decad
Part sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet octuplet / one of eight one of nine / nonuplet one of ten / decuplet
Number 11 12 13 100 many
Modifier elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple twelvefold / duodecuple thirteenfold / tredecuple a hundredfold / centuple multiple
Whole elevensome twelvesome thirteensome hundredsome
Part one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet one of twelve / duodecuplet one of thirteen / tredecuplet one of a hundred / centuplet one of many / multiplet