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单词 sextuplet
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sextuplet

[ seks-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, seks-too-plit, -tyoo- ]
/ sɛksˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈsɛks tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ- /
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noun

a group or combination of six things.
one of six offspring born at one birth.
sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.

Origin of sextuplet

1850–55; sextuple + -et; cf. triplet

Words nearby sextuplet

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Example sentences from the Web for sextuplet

  • The sextuplet differs from a pair of triplets in having but one accent.

    Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens
  • Sextuplet—a group of six notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to four of the same value.

    Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens

British Dictionary definitions for sextuplet

sextuplet
/ (ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt) /

noun

one of six offspring born at one birth
a group of six things
music a group of six notes played in a time value of four
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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