quintuple adj 1: having five units or components [syn: {quintuple}, {fivefold}, {five-fold}] n 1: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: {quintet}, {quintette}, {quintuplet}, {quintuple}] v 1: increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. {Quadruple}.] Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. [1913 Webster] {Quintuple time} (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used. [1913 Webster]
Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. [1913 Webster]