sextuple
sextuple
A sextuple.
In order: single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple... etc. The prefixes are derived from latin number names.
HEXAD or sextuple or a sextet
A 6-vessel CABG is called a sextuple bypass. I only know because a friend just had one.
Quadruple, four times. Quintuple, five times. From 1 on up the words are single double triple quadruple quintuple sextuple septuple octuple ... and so on
Next would be a quintuple, which signifies five of something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple Wikipedia lists 1-12 and then 100.
That is C-sharp Major, but since the circle of 5ths is a circle, it could go on for infinite, you COULD have C sextuple-sharp major with 42 sharps but it is never necessary to go this far!
Some words that start with the prefix "sext" include sextant (a navigation instrument), sextet (a group of six people or things), and sextuple (to multiply by six).
Some words with the Latin root "sex" include sexuality, sexist, and heterosexual.