sextuplet
nounEtymology From sextuple + -et.
1
A group of six objects.
2
One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
› A group of six notes played in the time of four.
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Proscribed A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
4
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Proscribed A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
5
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Proscribed A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.
- Synonyms
- sextolet
- Related terms
105 terms
single, solo, double, twofold, triple, threefold, quadruple, fourfold, quintuple, pentuple, fivefold, loner, singleton, monad, pair, couple, twosome, duo, dyad, trio, threesome, triad, troika, foursome, quartet, tetrad, fivesome, quintet, pentad, only one, singlet, twin, one of two, doublet, triplet, one of three, quadruplet, one of four, quintuplet, pentuplet, one of five, sextuple, hextuple, sixfold, septuple, heptuple, sevenfold, octuple, eightfold, ninefold, nonuple, tenfold, decuple, sixsome, sextet, hexad, sevensome, septet, heptad, eightsome, octet, octad, ninesome, nonet, ennead, tensome, decet, decad, sextuplet, hextuplet, one of six, one of seven, septuplet, heptuplet, octuplet, one of eight, one of nine, nonuplet, one of ten, decuplet, elevenfold, undecuple, hendecuple, twelvefold, duodecuple, thirteenfold, tredecuple, a hundredfold, centuple, multiple, elevensome, twelvesome, thirteensome, hundredsome, one of eleven, undecuplet, hendecuplet, one of twelve, duodecuplet, one of thirteen, tredecuplet, one of a hundred, centuplet, one of many, multiplet- Coordinate terms
- twin