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Definitions for quintuplet
kwɪnˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈkwɪn tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ-quin·tu·plet

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebenoun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

  2. quintuplet, quint, quinnoun

    one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

  3. quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuplenoun

    a set of five similar things considered as a unit

Wiktionary

  1. quintupletnoun

    One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

  2. Etymology: From quintuple.

Wikipedia

  1. quintuplet

    A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate species, multiple births occur in most kinds of mammals, with varying frequencies. Such births are often named according to the number of offspring, as in twins and triplets. In non-humans, the whole group may also be referred to as a litter, and multiple births may be more common than single births. Multiple births in humans are the exception and can be exceptionally rare in the largest mammals. A multiple pregnancy may be the result of the fertilization of a single egg that then splits to create identical fetuses, or it may be the result of the fertilization of multiple eggs that create fraternal ("non-identical") fetuses, or it may be a combination of these factors. A multiple pregnancy from a single zygote is called monozygotic, from two zygotes is called dizygotic, or from three or more zygotes is called polyzygotic. Similarly, the siblings themselves from a multiple birth may be referred to as monozygotic if they are identical or as dizygotic (in cases of twins) or polyzygotic (for three or more siblings) if they are fraternal, i.e., non-identical. Each fertilized ovum (zygote) may produce a single embryo, or it may split into two or more embryos, each carrying the same genetic material. Fetuses resulting from different zygotes are called fraternal and share only 50% of their genetic material, as ordinary full siblings from separate births do. Fetuses resulting from the same zygote share 100% of their genetic material and hence are called identical. Identical twins are always the same sex.

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  1. quintuplet

    A quintuplet is one of five offspring born at a single birth. It can also refer to a group of five things of the same kind or a set of five, such as in music when a unit of five notes is played in the time usually taken to play four.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quintuplet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quintuplet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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