Defn: A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
QUINTROON Quin*troon", n. [Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.
QUINTUPLE Quin"tu*ple, a. Etym: [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.]
Defn: Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used.
QUINTUPLE
Quin"tu*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quintupling.] Etym: [Cf. F. quintupler.]
Defn: To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
QUINTUPLE-NERVED; QUINTUPLE-RIBBED
Quin"tu*ple-nerved`, Quin"tu*ple-ribbed`, a. (Bot.)
Defn: The same as Quinquenerved.
QUINTUPLET
Quin"tu*plet, n. [From Quintuple.]