sexpartite

sexpartite
/seks pahr"tuyt/, adj.
1. divided into or consisting of six parts.
2. Archit. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other. See illus. under vault1.
[1750-60; SEX- + PARTITE]

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