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(mathematics) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two..
3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
Use subduple when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Subduple means (mathematics) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two..
Common synonyms include subdouble.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
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