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quintuple
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[kwɪnˈtjuːpl], (Adjective)
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- consisting of five parts or things
(e.g: the microscope has a motorized revolving quintuple nosepiece)
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late 16th century: via French from medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus ‘fifth’ + -plus as in duplus (see duple)
[kwɪnˈtjuːpl], (Verb)
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- increase or cause to increase fivefold
(e.g: the company's revenues would quintuple over the next decade)
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[kwɪnˈtjuːpl], (Noun)
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- a fivefold number or amount; a set of five.
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