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Twin, Triplet, Quadruplet, Quintuplet, etc.
Twin, Triplet, Quadruplet, Quintuplet, Sextuplet, Heptuplet, Octuplet, Nontuplet, Decuplet, ...
Is this the end of the list of this kind of words? Can anyone continue the list further?
By the way, is "septuplet" the same as "nontuplet"? Thanks for reading and replying!
Roland
Is this the end of the list of this kind of words? Can anyone continue the list further?
By the way, is "septuplet" the same as "nontuplet"? Thanks for reading and replying!
Roland
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[/nq] "Heptuplet" should be "septuplet"; this series is derived from Latin, not Greek. And there's only one T in nonuplet. [nq:1]Is this the end of the list of this kind of words?
- [/nq] "Heptuplet" should be "septuplet"; this series is derived from Latin, not Greek.
- And there's only one T in nonuplet.
- [nq:1]Is this the end of the list of this kind of words?
- [/nq] Based on related Latin and English series, it should continue to 20: undecuplet, duodecuplet, tredecuplet, quattuordecuplet, quindecuplet, sedecuplet, septendecuplet, octodecuplet or perhaps duodevigintuplet, novendecuplet or perhaps undevigintuplet, and vigintuplet.
- In some cases other spellings may be possible.
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[nq:1]Twin, Triplet, Quadruplet, Quintuplet, Sextuplet, Heptuplet, Octuplet, Nontuplet, Decuplet, ...[/nq]
"Heptuplet" should be "septuplet"; this series is derived from Latin, not Greek. And there's only one T in nonuplet.
[nq:1]Is this the end of the list of this kind of words? Can anyone continue the list further?[/nq]
Based on related Latin and English series, it should continue to
"Heptuplet" should be "septuplet"; this series is derived from Latin, not Greek. And there's only one T in nonuplet.
[nq:1]Is this the end of the list of this kind of words? Can anyone continue the list further?[/nq]
Based on related Latin and English series, it should continue to
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[nq:1]Twin, Triplet, Quadruplet, Quintuplet, Sextuplet, Heptuplet, Octuplet, Nontuplet, Decuplet, ... Is this the end of the list of this kind of words? Can anyone continue the list further? By the way, is "septuplet" the same as "nontuplet"?septuplet = 7; nonuplet (note spelling) = 9.[/nq]
You probably meant to ask about *"Heptuplet" (which should probably have been "heptad" or "hebdomad").
You probably meant to ask about *"Heptuplet" (which should probably have been "heptad" or "hebdomad").
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