Sextuplicate

//sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.

    "1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make six copies of. transitive

    "Sextuplicate this document for me, please."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else). not-comparable

    "The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity."

  2. 2
    Comprising six identical parts. not-comparable

    "Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon."

Synonyms

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hexaplicatehexaplicatehexaplicatehextuplicate

Example

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"The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity."

Etymology

From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

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