Definition for SEX'TU-PLE

SEX'TU-PLE, a. [Low L. sextuplus; sex, six, and duplus, double.]

  1. Sixfold; six times as much. – Brown.
  2. In music, denoting a mixed sort of triple, beaten in double time, or a measure of two times composed of six equal notes, three for each time. – Busby. Encyc.

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