单词 | sextuplet |
释义 | sextuplet|ˈsɛkstjuːplɛt, -ˈtjuːplət| [f. sextuple a. after triplet.] A group, set, combination, etc. of six things. a. Mus. = sextolet. b. Any of six children born at one birth. c. A cycle for six riders.
1852[see octuplet]. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Sextolet, or Sextuplet, a double triplet, six notes to be performed in the time of four. 1894Gould Illustr. Dict. Med., Sextuplet, one of six offspring from a single gestation. 1896Daily News 17 July 7/1 A proposal was recently made..to match a sextuplet [sc. cycle] against a railway train. 1905Daily Chron. 19 Oct. 5/3 Professor Hamy..reported that a negress living in the Gold Coast Colony gave birth recently to sextuplets. |

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