sextuplet

Other forms: sextuplets

Definitions of sextuplet
  1. noun
    one of six offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  2. noun
    a set of six similar things considered as a unit
  3. noun
    (music) a set of six notes performed in the amount of time four similar notes would normally take
  4. noun
    the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
    synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, VI, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sise, six, sixer
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    type of:
    digit, figure
    one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
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