sextuplet
One of six
A sextuplet is one of six offspring born from the same pregnancy.
The term also applies in music to a group of six notes performed in the time usually given to four.
The sextuplets turned five last month.
Cardinal after five
- hexadGroup of six
- half-dozenGroup of six
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- factorContributor to result
multiple · integer · numeral · quantity · composite · enumerate
Five offspring, one birth
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- tripletsThree born together
- twinsSiblings born simultaneously
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
infants · newborns · pregnancy · delivery · fertility · gestation · incubator · NICU
Set of three
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
- septupletOne of seven born together
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
subdivision · beat · notation · time-signature · measure · polyrhythm · syncopation · metronome
six
Cardinal after five
- hexadGroup of six
- half-dozenGroup of six
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
factor · multiple · integer · numeral · quantity · composite · enumerate
quintuplets
Five offspring, one birth
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- tripletsThree born together
- twinsSiblings born simultaneously
neonatal · infants · newborns · pregnancy · delivery · fertility · gestation · incubator · NICU · premature
triplet
Set of three
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
- septupletOne of seven born together
grouping · subdivision · beat · notation · time-signature · measure · polyrhythm · syncopation · metronome · tempo
- rhythmbeat, pulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat
- collectivespair, duo, trio, quartet, quintet
- birth orderfirstborn, lastborn, middle child, only child, eldest
- birthlive birth, stillbirth, premature birth, breech birth, multiple birth
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note
sextupletsingleton
Only member present
only child · twin · triplet · quadruplet · octuplet