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quintuple

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple,
   L. quintuplex. Cf. {Quadruple}.]
   Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;
   fivefold.

   {Quintuple time} (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
      measure. It is seldom used.

Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
   To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.

Source : WordNet®

quintuple
     adj : having five units or components [syn: {fivefold}]

quintuple
     v : increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
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