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单词 quintuplation
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quintuplationn.

Brit. /ˌkwɪntjuːˈpleɪʃn/, /ˌkwɪntʃuːˈpleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkwɪntəˈpleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌkwɪnt(j)uˈpleɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quintuplation-, quintuplatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quintuplation-, quintuplatio (1631 in the passage translated in quot. 1647) < quintuplat- , past participial stem of quintuplare (see quintuple v.) + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1. Compare quintuplication n.
Mathematics. Now historical.
Multiplication by five; = quintuplication n. 1.
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1647 R. Wood tr. W. Oughtred Key Math. 119 The quintuplation of an angle.
1654 J. Newton Institutio Mathematica iii. 86 The remainer will be the right line O E, which is the quintuplation of an angle.
1684 J. Wallis Treat. Angular Sections iv. 27 Of the Quintuplation and Quinquisection of an Arch or Angle.
1966 C. J. Scriba in Isis 57 59 In a similar way he [sc. Wallis] determines the equation for the following section, of which I only give those for the quintuplation or quinquisection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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