1. one of six children born at the same birth
2. a group or set of six things
3. a group of six musical notes played in the time normally occupied by four notes of the same value
Usage: music

Examples

• The hospital prepared for the rare birth of sextuplets.
• All six sextuplets were healthy and weighed between four and five pounds.
• The family received donations from the community after the sextuplets were born.
• The composer wrote a challenging passage featuring sextuplets in the violin part.
• She practiced the sextuplet runs slowly before attempting them at tempo.
• The photographer arranged the sextuplet vases in a perfect line.
• Each sextuplet in the set had a different colored gemstone.