English Explanatory Dictionary

quintuplicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Multiplied by five.
  2. Being the fifth in a set of five.
noun
  1. A set of five similar or identical things.
  2. One element of such a set.
verb
  1. To multiply by five.
  2. To make five copies of.

Word forms

quintuplicate quintuplicates quintuplicating quintuplicated

Etymology

From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + plicare (“to fold”); probably patterned after duplicate from Latin duplicare (“to double”).

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