Sesquialterate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɛskwɪˈaltərət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sesquialterate is an adjective meaning (mathematics, archaic) In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1.
Meaning
(mathematics, archaic) In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1.
Example Sentences
9 and 6 are in a sesquialterate ratio.
[…]the ratio of 3 to 2, which is sesquialter, forms the symphony diapente[…]
People ignorant of geometry did not know the sesquialterate ratio of the sphere, cylinder, and cone, and therefor no man could know it[…]
from Kepler's Rule of the periodical times of the Planets being in a sesquialterate proportion of their distances from the centers of their orbs I deduced […]
Word Forms
- sesqui-alterate
Synonyms for sesquialterate
Depending on context, synonyms include sesquialteral, sesquialter, sesquialteran, sescuple.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sesquialteran, sesquialter, sesquialteral, sesquiduple, sesquitertian, sesquitertianal.
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