Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quintuple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple,
L. quintuplex. Cf. {Quadruple}.]
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;
fivefold.
{Quintuple time} (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
measure. It is seldom used.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quintuple
adj : having five units or components [syn: {fivefold}]
v : increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
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