/sep tup"lit, -tooh"plit, -tyooh"-/ , n.
1. any group or combination of seven.
2. one of seven offspring born at one birth.
3. septuplets , seven offspring born at one birth.
4. Music. a group of seven notes of equal value performed in the same amount of time normally taken to perform four or six.
[ 1890-95; SEPTUPLE + -ET ]