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Quintuplet

//kwɪnˈtʌplət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
  2. 2
    a set of five similar things considered as a unit wordnet
  3. 3
    One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
  4. 4
    one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy wordnet
  5. 5
    A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
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  1. 6
    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one wordnet

Etymology

From quintuple + -et, from Middle French quintuple.

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