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quintupling
quin·tu·ple Q0037500 (kwĭn-to͞o′pəl, -tyo͞o′-, -tŭp′əl, kwĭn′tə-pəl)adj.1. Consisting of five parts or members.2. Five times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.n. A fivefold amount or number.tr. & intr.v. quin·tu·pled, quin·tu·pling, quin·tu·ples To multiply or be multiplied by five.
[French, from Old French : Latin quīntus, fifth; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + -ple, -fold (from Latin -plus; see pel- in Indo-European roots).]
quin·tup′ly adv.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | quintupling - increasing by a factor of fivemultiplication - a multiplicative increase; "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth" |
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