sextupling

Variant of sextuple

adjective

  1. consisting of or including six
  2. six times as much or as many; sixfold
  3. Music having six beats to a measure

Origin: < L sextus, sixth, after quadruple

noun

an amount six times as much or as many

transitive verb, intransitive verb sextupled, sextupling

to make or become six times as much or as many; multiply by six
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