quintuplet
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Quintuplet — Quin tu*plet, n. [From {Quintuple}.] 1. A collection or combination of five of a kind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. pl. Five children born in the same labor. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five notes.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quintuplet — (n.) 1873, set of five things (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.), 1560s, from M.Fr. quintuple, from L. quintus fifth (see QUINQUE (Cf. quinque )). In plural, five children at one birth it is recorded from 1889 … Etymology dictionary
quintuplet — ► NOUN ▪ each of five children born at one birth … English terms dictionary
quintuplet — [kwin tup′lit; kwin to͞o′plit, kwintyo͞o′plit; kwin′tə plət] n. [dim. of QUINTUPLE] 1. any of five offspring from the same pregnancy 2. a collection or group of five, usually of one kind … English World dictionary
quintuplet — UK [ˈkwɪntjʊplət] / UK [kwɪnˈtjuːplət] / US [kwɪnˈtʌplət] noun [countable] Word forms quintuplet : singular quintuplet plural quintuplets a baby who is born at the same time as four other babies to the same mother … English dictionary
Quintuplet-Sternhaufen — Datenbanklinks zu Quintuplet Sternhaufen Offener Sternhaufen Daten des Quintuplet Sternhaufens … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quintuplet cluster — Infobox Cluster name = Quintuplet Cluster caption =Quintuplet Cluster (HST/NICMOS image) [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/30/text/ HubbleSite NewsCenter Hubble Spies Giant Star Clusters Near Galactic Center (09/16/1999)… … Wikipedia
quintuplet — noun Date: 1873 1. a combination of five of a kind 2. one of five offspring born at one birth … New Collegiate Dictionary
quintuplet — /kwin tup lit, tooh plit, tyooh , kwin too plit, tyoo /, n. 1. any group or combination of five, esp. of the same kind. 2. quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy. 3. one of five such children or offspring. 4. Music. a group … Universalium
quintuplet — noun One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth … Wiktionary
quintuplet — One of five children born at one birth. [L. quintuplex, fivefold] * * * quin·tu·plet kwin təp lət, t(y)üp ; kwint əp n 1) one of five children or offspring born at one birth 2) quintuplets pl a group of five such offspring * * * quin·tup·let… … Medical dictionary
