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/sɛskwɪˈaltərət/ · adjective
(mathematics, archaic) In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1..
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 […]
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[…]
Use sesquialterate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sesquialterate means (mathematics, archaic) In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1..
Common synonyms include sesquialteral, sesquialter, sesquialteran, sescuple.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […]
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