QUINTUPLICATE


Meaning of QUINTUPLICATE in English

I. kwin-ˈtü-pli-kət, -ˈtyü- adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin quintuplicatus, past participle of quintuplicare to quintuple, from quintuplus quintuple

Date: 1656

1. : consisting of or existing in five corresponding or identical parts or examples

quintuplicate invoices

2. : being the fifth of five things exactly alike

file the quintuplicate copy

II. noun

Date: 1851

1. : one of five things exactly alike ; specifically : one of five identical copies

2. : five copies all alike — used with in

typed in quintuplicate

III. -plə-ˌkāt transitive verb

( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )

Date: circa 1889

1. : to make quintuple or fivefold

2. : to prepare in quintuplicate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.