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Definition of quintuple in English: quintupleadjective ˈkwɪntjʊp(ə)lkwɪnˈtjuːp(ə)l 1attributive Consisting of five parts or things. the microscope has a motorized revolving quintuple nosepiece Example sentencesExamples - Some doctors feared the confusion could lead to concern that the public might turn against the quintuple jab, despite universal agreement that it is an improvement on earlier vaccines.
- Jenkins' heart attack was caused by five blocked arteries, which required her to have quintuple bypass surgery.
- To add to the usual litany of woes that go with ageing, he's had a quintuple heart bypass.
- In October 2002 he had a heart attack and then quintuple bypass surgery, which he links to the stress of the long dispute.
- Ministers, who will formally announce the plan tomorrow, insist the quintuple jab is safe, and a positive development for parents because it replaces the whooping cough vaccine, which contained mercury.
- 1.1 Five times as much or as many.
special effects modes on these cameras include quintuple exposure Example sentencesExamples - The thing about being independent is that all the profits are quadruple, quintuple what someone on a major label would make.
- 1.2 (of time in music) having five beats in a bar.
Example sentencesExamples - His Arraché is a technically challenging piece that ends in a quintuple fugue, demanding the sort of concentration that had wavered during rehearsal the day before.
verb ˈkwɪntjʊp(ə)lkwɪnˈtjuːp(ə)l Increase or cause to increase fivefold. no object the company's revenues would quintuple over the next decade with object Germany had quintupled her sulphuric acid production since 1880 Example sentencesExamples - Now it's quintupling in size and expanding to three meals a day.
- Revenues nearly tripled over that period, and profits quintupled.
- Between 1859 and 1876, the number of pickpockets brought to trial by the district attorney nearly quintupled, increasing from 52 to 242.
- Public transport patronage in Sydney and Melbourne more than quintupled between 1890 and 1930 but slumped in the 1930s.
- For example, from 1933 to 1945 the number of union members quintupled, from under 3 million to 15 million.
- Over the past decade, he turned a niche-player company into one of the drug industry's top performers - nearly quintupling its market value between 1996 and 2000.
- We should have quintupled the size of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and really ferreted out the evil of discrimination in our society.
- The available data on the growth of the global human population indicates that it has quintupled since the early 1800s, and is expected to grow from 6 billion in 1999 to 10 billion in 2050.
- In the last month natural gas prices in Britain have more than quintupled.
- In the same time period, the number of web pages swelled from 500 million to 3 to 8 billion, and the number of searches quintupled from 100 to 500 million.
- Indeed, during the past decade, the number of publications related to cognition and schizophrenia quintupled from 50 to more than 250.
- Thanks to a cost-effective, flexible product line and sales partnerships with affinity-marketing companies, this business has quintupled its sales since 1997.
- The company's expansion is part of a larger plan, announced earlier this month, to quintuple annual capacity to 350,000 units.
- All in all he quintupled the number of known pulsars in that particular sector of the sky.
- The company's share price has quintupled in five years.
- We might even triple or quintuple our initial outlay in the process.
- And, in the four decades after that, prices quintupled.
- When Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln responded by immediately quintupling the size of the U.S. Army, calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion.
- But that particular investment eventually allowed them to quintuple their production.
- Private enterprise has flourished, individuals have greater freedom in deciding where they live and work, and per capita income has quintupled.
noun ˈkwɪntjʊp(ə)lkwɪnˈtjuːp(ə)l A fivefold number or amount; a set of five.
Derivatives adverb My website design is so overly complex (can you say quintuply nested tables?) that it'll take him a long time to figure out how it works.
Origin Late 16th century: via French from medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus 'fifth' + -plus as in duplus (see duple). Definition of quintuple in US English: quintupleadjective 1attributive Consisting of five parts or things. the microscope has a motorized revolving quintuple nosepiece Example sentencesExamples - In October 2002 he had a heart attack and then quintuple bypass surgery, which he links to the stress of the long dispute.
- Jenkins' heart attack was caused by five blocked arteries, which required her to have quintuple bypass surgery.
- To add to the usual litany of woes that go with ageing, he's had a quintuple heart bypass.
- Ministers, who will formally announce the plan tomorrow, insist the quintuple jab is safe, and a positive development for parents because it replaces the whooping cough vaccine, which contained mercury.
- Some doctors feared the confusion could lead to concern that the public might turn against the quintuple jab, despite universal agreement that it is an improvement on earlier vaccines.
- 1.1 Five times as much or as many.
special effects modes on these cameras include quintuple exposure Example sentencesExamples - The thing about being independent is that all the profits are quadruple, quintuple what someone on a major label would make.
- 1.2 (of time in music) having five beats in a bar.
Example sentencesExamples - His Arraché is a technically challenging piece that ends in a quintuple fugue, demanding the sort of concentration that had wavered during rehearsal the day before.
verb Increase or cause to increase fivefold. no object the company's revenues would quintuple over the next decade with object Germany had quintupled her sulfuric acid production since 1880 Example sentencesExamples - Public transport patronage in Sydney and Melbourne more than quintupled between 1890 and 1930 but slumped in the 1930s.
- Now it's quintupling in size and expanding to three meals a day.
- And, in the four decades after that, prices quintupled.
- Thanks to a cost-effective, flexible product line and sales partnerships with affinity-marketing companies, this business has quintupled its sales since 1997.
- But that particular investment eventually allowed them to quintuple their production.
- We might even triple or quintuple our initial outlay in the process.
- When Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln responded by immediately quintupling the size of the U.S. Army, calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion.
- All in all he quintupled the number of known pulsars in that particular sector of the sky.
- The company's share price has quintupled in five years.
- For example, from 1933 to 1945 the number of union members quintupled, from under 3 million to 15 million.
- The company's expansion is part of a larger plan, announced earlier this month, to quintuple annual capacity to 350,000 units.
- Over the past decade, he turned a niche-player company into one of the drug industry's top performers - nearly quintupling its market value between 1996 and 2000.
- Private enterprise has flourished, individuals have greater freedom in deciding where they live and work, and per capita income has quintupled.
- The available data on the growth of the global human population indicates that it has quintupled since the early 1800s, and is expected to grow from 6 billion in 1999 to 10 billion in 2050.
- Between 1859 and 1876, the number of pickpockets brought to trial by the district attorney nearly quintupled, increasing from 52 to 242.
- Revenues nearly tripled over that period, and profits quintupled.
- We should have quintupled the size of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and really ferreted out the evil of discrimination in our society.
- Indeed, during the past decade, the number of publications related to cognition and schizophrenia quintupled from 50 to more than 250.
- In the same time period, the number of web pages swelled from 500 million to 3 to 8 billion, and the number of searches quintupled from 100 to 500 million.
- In the last month natural gas prices in Britain have more than quintupled.
noun A fivefold number or amount; a set of five.
Origin Late 16th century: via French from medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus ‘fifth’ + -plus as in duplus (see duple). |