When do the "-uple"s end?

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There's single, double, triple, quadruple... — what's next? Is there an end to the "-uple"s?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '11 at 02:07

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double
triple
quadruple
quintuple
sextuple
septuple
octuple

answered Jan 31 '11 at 02:07

apaderno

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '11 at 01:34

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Here's a table from on Wiktionary:

Coef  Noun       Result 
1     single 
2     double     doublet 
3     triple     triplet 
4     quadruple  quadruplet 
5     quintuple  quintuplet 
6     sextuple   sextuplet

I've never heard of anything beyond sextuple.

answered Jan 31 '11 at 01:34

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septuple, octuple, nonuple?, decuple – HorusKol Jan 31 '11 at 04:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '11 at 01:32

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It would seem that it is tuple (or, rather, -ple) all the way beyond that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple#Origin_of_name

answered Jan 31 '11 at 01:32

HorusKol

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When do the "-uple"s end?

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