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单词 quintuplication
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quintuplicationn.

Brit. /kwɪnˌtjuːplᵻˈkeɪʃn/, /kwɪnˌtʃuːplᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /kwɪnˌtəpləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /kwɪnˌt(j)upləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quintuplicate v., -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < quintuplicate v. + -ion suffix1, after duplication n., quadruplication n., multiplication n., etc. Compare earlier quintuplicate adj., quintuplation n.With sense 2 compare earlier quadruplication n. 2, quintuply n.
1. The action or process of making quintuple or of multiplying by five.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > multiplication by five
quintuplation1647
quintuplicationa1690
quintupling1862
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) i. i. 24 To multiply by 5, called Quintuplication, adjoyn a Cypher..and then take the half thereof.
1720 J. Raphson & S. Cunn tr. I. Newton Universal Arithmetick 116 The Quintuplication.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 119 The perceptible are evolved out of the imperceptible elements by the process of quintuplication.
1960 Managem. Technol. 1 75 The end result is double production and quintuplication of income per year.
1992 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 12 a Bombers, missiles, and subs are instruments of mass destruction and intimidation. They are also well past duplication and into quintuplication or worse.
2. Civil Law and Ecclesiastical Law. A plea on the part of a defendant, in reply to a quadruplication (quadruplication n. 2). Cf. surrebutter n. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > subsequent replies on either side
replication1425
rejoinder1447
rebutter1540
surrejoinder1542
triplication1583
quadruplication1593
duply1609
duplication1622
quadruply1624
quintuplyc1638
re-rejoinder1702
rebuttal1792
quintuplication1860
society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [noun] > defendant's plea > plaintiff's reply
triplication1583
quintuplication1860
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xviii. 396 Lord Henry's harmless thunder was answered..by a ‘Quintuplication’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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