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sex·tup·let

(sĕk-stŭp′lĭt, sĕk′stŭp′-)
n.
1. One of six offspring born in a single birth.
2. A group or combination of six associated by common properties or behavior.
3. Music A group of six notes having the time value of four notes of the same kind.

[From sextuple (modeled on triplet).]
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sextuplet

(ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt)
n
1. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) one of six offspring born at one birth
2. a group of six things
3. (Music, other) music a group of six notes played in a time value of four
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sex•tu•plet

(sɛksˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈsɛks tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ-)

n.
1. a group or combination of six things.
2. one of six offspring born at one birth.
3. sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
4. Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.
[1850–55]
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Noun 1. [画像:sextuplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one]sextuplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
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Translations

sextuplet

[ˈsekstjʊplɪt] Nsextillizo/a m/f
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sextuplet

n (= baby)Sechsling m; (Mus) → Sextole f
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sextuplet

[sɛksˈtjuːplɪt] n
a.uno/a di sei gemelli
b. (Mus) → sestina
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The two boys of the sextuplets are identical twins unlike their sisters.
THESE are the proud parents of Ireland's first sextuplets.
A MOTHER who gave birth to sextuplets in just five minutes was recovering in hospital today.
A woman gave birth to sextuplets, and both the mother and babies were doing well, hospital officials said.
A RARE set of sextuplets was delivered in Italy yesterday but the family failed in its attempt to have the event broadcast live on TV.
THE Walton sextuplets are preparing for their milestone 30th birthdays on Monday.
First sextuplets in Abu Dhabi + pictures by Ahmed Kotty
1968: Birth of sextuplets stuns Britain A woman gives birth to six babies in what is being hailed as the first recorded case of live sextuplets in Britain.
THE mum and dad of critically ill sextuplets were "praying for a miracle" last night after one of their brood died.
Sextuplet baby loses fight for life ONE of the sextuplets born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford lost his fight for life yesterday.
Mrs Lamb had taken Clomid, which stimulates ovulation, before falling pregnant with the sextuplets. She had also taken it before first child Gracie, five, was conceived.
THERE were prayers of thanks today for the safe delivery of Ireland's first ever sextuplets. Parishioners in the Dunamore area of Co Tyrone in Northern Ireland prayed for young mother Nuala Conway and her six babies delivered 14 weeks early on Friday.