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单词 sextupling
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sextuplingn.

Brit. /ˈsɛkstjᵿpl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈsɛkstjᵿpəlɪŋ/, /ˈsɛkstʃᵿpl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈsɛkstʃᵿpəlɪŋ/, U.S. /sɛkˈst(j)up(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˌsɛksˈtəp(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sextuple v., sextuple adj., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either sextuple v. or sextuple adj. + -ing suffix1.
The action or an act of multiplying by six.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increasing in specific proportion
doubling1398
redoubling?1473
quadrupling1573
duplication1590
tripling1603
redoublement1611
sextupling1656
millecuplation1678
trebling1694
quadruplication1836
quintupling1862
sextuplication1935
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > multiplication by six
sextupling1656
sextuplicationa1690
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iii. 22 in Elements Philos. Your instance therefore of six, three, one, is here impertinent, there being in them no doubling, no tripling, nor sextupling of Proportions, but of numbers.
1853 W. R. Hamilton Lect. Quaternions ii. 53 Two successive acts, of negatively doubling and negatively tripling, compound themselves into the single act of positively sextupling.
1988 D. J. Mrozek U.S. Air Force after Vietnam iii. 48 The methodology for achieving the high goals of the new curriculum in strategy included..a sextupling of the total writing requirement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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