Quintuple

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quintuple
       adj : having five units or components [syn: {fivefold}]
       v : increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"