sextuor (sekstuor)

[L. sext us, sixth, + ( quattuor, four.] In music, same as sextet ( a ). sextuple (seks'tū-pl), a. [ Which well agreeth unto the proportion of man; whose length-that is, a perpendicular from the vertex unto the sole of foot-is sextuple unto his breadth. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 5. Sextuple rhythm or time, in music , a rhythm characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure. It has two distinct forms, the one derived from duple rhythm by subdividing each part into three secondary parts, making a triply compound duple rhythm; and the other derived from triple rhythm by subdividing each part into two secondary parts, making a duply compound triple rhythm. The term is usually applied to the former, especially when indicated by the rhythmic signature or. sextuple (seks'tū-pl), v. t.; pret. and pp. sex tupled, ppr. sextupling. [ We have sextupled our students. Maine , Village Communities, p. 248. sextuplet (seks tū-plet), n. [ sextuplet 1. A union or combination of six things: as, a sextuplet of elliptic springs.-2. In music, a group of six notes to be performed in the time of four; a double triplet. Also sestole, sextole, sextolet, etc. Compare triplet, decimole, etc.3. A bicycle for six riders. sextuplex (seks'tū-pleks), v. t. [ If the line is already duplexed, the phonophore will quadruplex it. If it is already quadruplexed, the phonophore will sextuplex or octuplex it. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), XIV. 6.