单词 | quintuplet |
释义 | quintuplet[ kwin-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, kwin-too-plit, -tyoo- ] / kwɪnˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈkwɪn tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quintuplet ON THESAURUS.COM nounany group or combination of five, especially of the same kind. quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy. one of five such children or offspring. Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four. Origin of quintupletFirst recorded in 1870–75; quintuple + -et Words nearby quintupletquintic, quintile, Quintilian, quintillion, quintuple, quintuplet, quintuplex, quintuplicate, quinze, quip, quipster Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quintuplet
British Dictionary definitions for quintupletquintuplet / (ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt, kwɪnˈtjuːplɪt) / nouna group or set of five similar things one of five offspring born at one birthOften shortened to: quin music a group of five notes to be played in a time value of three, four, or some other value Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for quintupletquintuplet [ kwĭn-tŭp′lĭt, -tōō′plĭt, kwĭn′tə-plĭt ] n.One of five offspring born in a single birth. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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