quintuplingn.
/kwɪnˈtjuːpl̩ɪŋ/, /kwɪnˈtjuːpəlɪŋ/, /kwɪnˈtʃuːpl̩ɪŋ/, /kwɪnˈtʃuːpəlɪŋ/, U.S. /kwɪnˈt(j)up(ə)lɪŋ/, /kwɪnˈtəp(ə)lɪŋ/ The action of quintuple v., multiplication by five; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increasing in specific proportion
doubling1398
redoubling?1473
quadrupling1573
duplication1590
tripling1603
redoublement1611
sextupling1656
millecuplation1678
trebling1694
quadruplication1836
quintupling1862
sextuplication1935
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > multiplication by five
quintuplation1647
quintuplicationa1690
quintupling1862
1862 Times 22 Nov. 5/2 Would the quintupling of the remaining fourth quintuple the whole rate?
1864 J. L. Donaldson Let. in War of Rebellion (1898) 1st Ser. LII. i. lxiv. 619 I urged upon these gentlemen the importance of bending every energy..to the quintupling or at least the quadrupling of our rolling-stock.
1889 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 471 There has been also a similar quintupling of expense in the time given by the respective travelling salesmen in drumming for orders among the booksellers.
1921 Rev. Econ. Statistics 3 88/1 Italy's economic disabilities have been greatly increased..by..depreciation of the lira, quintupling of prices, and labor troubles.
1943 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 12 Dec. 6/4 Five months production brought about a quintupling of Bert King's investment.
1975 N.Y. Times 25 Sept. 65/7 The quintupling of oil prices in the last two years, most economists agree, has accelerated world inflation and intensified the recent slump in world business.
2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xii. 360 China..is..the world's largest producer and consumer of fertilizer..thanks to a quintupling of its own fertilizer use, now three times the world average per acre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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