quintuple

Other forms: quintupled; quintuples

Definitions of quintuple
  1. adjective
    having five units or components
    synonyms: five-fold, fivefold
    multiple
    having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
  2. verb
    increase fivefold
    “The population of China quintupled”
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    type of:
    manifold, multiply
    combine or increase by multiplication
  3. noun
    a set of five similar things considered as a unit
    synonyms: quintet, quintette, quintuplet
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    type of:
    set
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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