quintupletn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪntjᵿplᵻt/,

/ˈkwɪntʃᵿplᵻt/,

/kwɪnˈtjuːplᵻt/,

/kwɪnˈtʃuːplᵻt/, U.S.

/kwɪnˈt(j)uplət/,

/kwɪnˈtəplət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quintuple adj., -et suffix¹, triplet n.

Etymology: < quintuple adj. + -et suffix¹, after triplet n. Compare quadruplet n. and also quinion n.With sense A. 1b compare earlier triplet n. 2c, and also slightly earlier quintole n. and later quintolet n. With sense A. 3 compare French quintuplette (1898). Compare also quint n.³ and slightly later quintet n. 3.

A. n.

a. A set or arrangement of five things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > group of five

quinary1598

pentarchy1607

quintetto1773

quintuple1785

quintuplet1795

quintet1833

quince1907

quintuplicatea1940

1795 tr. J. Bernouilli in Doctr. Permutations & Combinations 73 The fifth vertical column..represents the number of quintuplets, or quinions [L. quiniones], of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, and m, or combinations of them by five in a parcel.

1867 Proc. Royal Soc. 16 p. xviii Mr. Hargreave alleges that he produces five similarly associated quintics, of which the five quintuplets of roots can be given in an expression of the 25th degree.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 733/2 Quintuplet, said of springs when five of similar type are associated in a group.

1885 Archaeologia 50 77 These rays are arranged in quintuplets.

1915 G. E. Hale Ten Years' Work Mountain Observatory 29 The lines behave in the most diverse way, some splitting into triplets, others into quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, etc.

1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 27 Jan. 29/2 Many of them were conspicuous by forming quintuplet patterns.

b. Music. A group of five notes to be performed in the time of three or four.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > group of 3 in time of 2, etc.

hemiolia1597

triplet1786

septole1825

sextole1829

septimole1841

octuplet1852

septuplet1853

sextuplet1853

quintole1870

quadruplet1873

quintuplet1873

nonuplet1876

sextolet1876

triole1880

quintolet1884

triolet1888

1873 H. C. Banister Music 13 Other irregularities..such as four notes for three, termed a Quadruplet; five for four, a Quintuplet.

1904 Musical Times Feb. 104/2 Short passages of ponderous gravity alternate with others of airy grace and wilfulness, an occasional descending semiquaver quintuplet run adding to the humour displayed throughout.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music p. xlviii (Table) Quintuplet. Five in the time of four—or of three.

1989 E. Taylor AB Guide to Mus. Theory i. 39 In each of these examples, the irregular group takes the time of one crochet. Note, however, the time values employed: 3 (triplet) are written as quavers; 5 (quintuplet), 6 (sextuplet) and 7 (septuplet) are written as semiquavers.

2001 Brit. Bandsman 8 Sept. 22/3 Pretty soon the low end of the band and the percussion are spitting out rapid quintuplets like machine-gun fire.

2. Each of five children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. Cf. quin n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > quadruplets, etc.

quadruplet1781

quintuplet1860

sextuplet1860

octuplet1904

1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy 16 Paré..relates that in his time there was the lady of a nobleman..who produced twins the first year of her marriage; triplets the second; quadruplets the third; quintuplets the fourth; and sextuplets the fifth year.

1862 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 31 May 267/1 A clever inventor has just gratified us with the sight of a new baby-jumper..consisting of a derrick without any apex, from the lateral segments of which spring several corrugated india-rubber band-boxes. This machine is calculated for the reception of twins, triplets, quaterns, quintuplets, or any other reasonable number of simultaneo-genitiles.

1895 Aberdeen Free Press 25 Oct. 4 This is the first case of quintuplets in England.

1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood x. 167 Over thirty cases of quintuplets have been recorded, but..none of these infants has survived more than a few weeks.

1979 Wichita Eagle & Beacon (Kansas) 28 May 14 a/1 At birth, the Dionne Quintuplets became the instant darlings of a generation hungry for a miracle.

2002 Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy 17 209 No quintuplet died in the perinatal period.

3. A cycle for five riders; = quint n.³, quintet n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > cycle for two or more people > for three, four, etc.

quadruplet1893

triplet1894

quint1895

quintuplet1895

quad1896

quintet1896

sextet1896

sextuplet1896

1895 Syracuse (N.Y.) Daily Standard 23 Sept. 3 Berlo's quintuplet, holding five men, will also make a test of speed, the first of its kind in America.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 7/2 The latest cycling machine is a quintuplet.

1896 Daily News 17 July 7/1 Five spun along at a terrific pace on a quintuplet.

1954 Times 20 Feb. 7/7 As long ago as 1897 quintuplet racing and pacing regularly took place at the Crystal Palace track.

1964 Listener 13 Feb. 272/3 Like all those rather odd machines of the early days, quintuplet machines didn't last.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating quintuplets (sense A. 2); designating or relating to a pregnancy or birth producing quintuplets.

ΚΠ

1925 Lancet 5 Dec. 1155/2 Triplet, quadruplet, or quintuplet pregnancy may possibly be accounted for, not by simultaneous fertilisation of more than one ovum, but by traumatic separation of the cells of the blastomere at a very early stage of its formation.

1946 Jrnl. Heredity 37 290/2 Old Glory failed to discharge the quintuplet afterbirth.

1993 Sci. Amer. Sept. 55 (caption) Quintuplet cows gave some of the first evidence that the immune system learns to tolerate self-products.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quintuplet
释义	quintupletn.adj. Brit. /ˈkwɪntjᵿplᵻt/, /ˈkwɪntʃᵿplᵻt/, /kwɪnˈtjuːplᵻt/, /kwɪnˈtʃuːplᵻt/, U.S. /kwɪnˈt(j)uplət/, /kwɪnˈtəplət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quintuple adj., -et suffix¹, triplet n. Etymology: < quintuple adj. + -et suffix¹, after triplet n. Compare quadruplet n. and also quinion n.With sense A. 1b compare earlier triplet n. 2c, and also slightly earlier quintole n. and later quintolet n. With sense A. 3 compare French quintuplette (1898). Compare also quint n.³ and slightly later quintet n. 3. A. n. 1. a. A set or arrangement of five things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > group of five quinary1598 pentarchy1607 quintetto1773 quintuple1785 quintuplet1795 quintet1833 quince1907 quintuplicatea1940 1795 tr. J. Bernouilli in Doctr. Permutations & Combinations 73 The fifth vertical column..represents the number of quintuplets, or quinions [L. quiniones], of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, and m, or combinations of them by five in a parcel. 1867 Proc. Royal Soc. 16 p. xviii Mr. Hargreave alleges that he produces five similarly associated quintics, of which the five quintuplets of roots can be given in an expression of the 25th degree. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 733/2 Quintuplet, said of springs when five of similar type are associated in a group. 1885 Archaeologia 50 77 These rays are arranged in quintuplets. 1915 G. E. Hale Ten Years' Work Mountain Observatory 29 The lines behave in the most diverse way, some splitting into triplets, others into quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, etc. 1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 27 Jan. 29/2 Many of them were conspicuous by forming quintuplet patterns. b. Music. A group of five notes to be performed in the time of three or four. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > group of 3 in time of 2, etc. hemiolia1597 triplet1786 septole1825 sextole1829 septimole1841 octuplet1852 septuplet1853 sextuplet1853 quintole1870 quadruplet1873 quintuplet1873 nonuplet1876 sextolet1876 triole1880 quintolet1884 triolet1888 1873 H. C. Banister Music 13 Other irregularities..such as four notes for three, termed a Quadruplet; five for four, a Quintuplet. 1904 Musical Times Feb. 104/2 Short passages of ponderous gravity alternate with others of airy grace and wilfulness, an occasional descending semiquaver quintuplet run adding to the humour displayed throughout. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music p. xlviii (Table) Quintuplet. Five in the time of four—or of three. 1989 E. Taylor AB Guide to Mus. Theory i. 39 In each of these examples, the irregular group takes the time of one crochet. Note, however, the time values employed: 3 (triplet) are written as quavers; 5 (quintuplet), 6 (sextuplet) and 7 (septuplet) are written as semiquavers. 2001 Brit. Bandsman 8 Sept. 22/3 Pretty soon the low end of the band and the percussion are spitting out rapid quintuplets like machine-gun fire. 2. Each of five children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. Cf. quin n.² ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > quadruplets, etc. quadruplet1781 quintuplet1860 sextuplet1860 octuplet1904 1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy 16 Paré..relates that in his time there was the lady of a nobleman..who produced twins the first year of her marriage; triplets the second; quadruplets the third; quintuplets the fourth; and sextuplets the fifth year. 1862 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 31 May 267/1 A clever inventor has just gratified us with the sight of a new baby-jumper..consisting of a derrick without any apex, from the lateral segments of which spring several corrugated india-rubber band-boxes. This machine is calculated for the reception of twins, triplets, quaterns, quintuplets, or any other reasonable number of simultaneo-genitiles. 1895 Aberdeen Free Press 25 Oct. 4 This is the first case of quintuplets in England. 1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood x. 167 Over thirty cases of quintuplets have been recorded, but..none of these infants has survived more than a few weeks. 1979 Wichita Eagle & Beacon (Kansas) 28 May 14 a/1 At birth, the Dionne Quintuplets became the instant darlings of a generation hungry for a miracle. 2002 Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy 17 209 No quintuplet died in the perinatal period. 3. A cycle for five riders; = quint n.³, quintet n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > cycle for two or more people > for three, four, etc. quadruplet1893 triplet1894 quint1895 quintuplet1895 quad1896 quintet1896 sextet1896 sextuplet1896 1895 Syracuse (N.Y.) Daily Standard 23 Sept. 3 Berlo's quintuplet, holding five men, will also make a test of speed, the first of its kind in America. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 7/2 The latest cycling machine is a quintuplet. 1896 Daily News 17 July 7/1 Five spun along at a terrific pace on a quintuplet. 1954 Times 20 Feb. 7/7 As long ago as 1897 quintuplet racing and pacing regularly took place at the Crystal Palace track. 1964 Listener 13 Feb. 272/3 Like all those rather odd machines of the early days, quintuplet machines didn't last. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating quintuplets (sense A. 2); designating or relating to a pregnancy or birth producing quintuplets. ΚΠ 1925 Lancet 5 Dec. 1155/2 Triplet, quadruplet, or quintuplet pregnancy may possibly be accounted for, not by simultaneous fertilisation of more than one ovum, but by traumatic separation of the cells of the blastomere at a very early stage of its formation. 1946 Jrnl. Heredity 37 290/2 Old Glory failed to discharge the quintuplet afterbirth. 1993 Sci. Amer. Sept. 55 (caption) Quintuplet cows gave some of the first evidence that the immune system learns to tolerate self-products. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1795
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