sextuplicate

adjective /sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/

1. Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

   The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.

2. Comprising six identical parts.

   Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.

Where it comes from

From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sextuplicate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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