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sesquialtera
‖ sesquialtera, a. (n.) (sɛskwɪˈæltərə) [L., fem. (sc. ratio) of sesquialter (see prec.).] † 1. = sesquialter a. Also as n., a sesquialteral proportion. Obs.1609 J. Dowland Ornith. Microl. 62 Now as of Duples you make Sesquialteraes, so of Triples you may make sesquitertiaes. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet...
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Sesquialtera
Sesquialtera ('one and a half') may refer to:
Sesquialterum in mathematics, the ratio 3:2, a superparticular ratio
Sesquialtera or the equivalent Greek both 3:2 and 5:4 pitch ratios
Sesquialtera (moth), a genus of moth in the family Geometridae
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Sesquialtera (moth)
Sesquialtera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. Species
Sesquialtera audens Prout, 1931
Sesquialtera lonchota Prout, 1931
Sesquialtera ramecourti Herbulot, 1967
Sesquialtera ridicula Prout, 1916 – Namibia
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sesquialterate
sesquialterate, a. (sɛskwɪˈæltərət) [Formed as prec. + -ate2.] = sesquialter 1. Hence † sesquialterate v. (see quot. 1609).1609 Dowland Ornith. Microl. 64 There be, which adde the colour to the figures which are made sesquialterate by the Caracters of the numbers: and contrarily sesquialterating the...
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sesquialterous
sesquialterous, a. Ent. (sɛskwɪˈæltərəs) [Formed as prec. + -ous.] See quots. and cf. sesquialteral b.1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 288 Sesquialterous Ocellus (Ocellus sesquialterus). An ocellus with a smaller near it, called also Sesquiocellus. Ibid. 289 Sesquialterous Fascia (Fascia sesquial...
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Sesqui
may refer to:
Sodium sesquicarbonate, a double salt of sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate
Sesqui 1990, a 1990 festival in Wellington, New Zealand
Sesquialtera
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sesquialter
‖ sesquialter, a. (n.) (sɛskwɪˈæltə(r)) [L., f. sesqui- (see prec.) + alter second. For the formation cf. ON. hálfr annarr, OE. óþer healf, G. anderthalb.] 1. Of a proportion: That is as 1½ is to 1. Of an object: Proportionate to another object as 1½ is to 1; that is such a multiple of.1570 Dee Math...
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Cornet (organ stop)
A cornet stop usually starts at middle C, distinguishing it from the sesquialtera, which has pipes for the full compass of the manual. A sesquialtera is also usually softer in tone.
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tripla
▪ I. ˈtripla Mus. [a. L. tripla, fem. of triplus: see triple a.] Triple proportion between one note and another; triple time or rhythm. Also attrib.1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 37 There vas mony smal birdis..singand..in accordis of mesure of diapason prolations, tripla ande dyatesseron. 1597 Morley Introd....
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Voluntary (music)
Several of the movements are named after organ solo stops or mixtures (bassoon, cornet, trumpet, sesquialtera, flute, twelfth, etc.).
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Hemiola
The words "hemiola" and "sesquialtera" both signify the ratio 3:2, and in music were first used to describe relations of pitch. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music states that in some contexts, a sesquialtera is equivalent to a hemiola.
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superparticular
† ˌsuperparˈticular, a. (n.) Arith. Obs. [ad. late L. superparticulāris: see super- 14 and particular.] Applied to a ratio in which the antecedent contains the consequent once with one aliquot part over (e.g. 1½, 11/3, 11/4 times), i.e. the ratio of any number to the next below it (3/2, 4/3, 5/4); a...
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St Anne's Church, Baslow
It contained nine stops, Dulciana, 2 Diapasons, Principal, Fifteenth, Hautboy, Sesquialtera, and Cornet and was opened by Mr.
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St Mary's Church, Haddenham
follows:
Great Organ
Double Diapason 16
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Dulciana 8
Principal 4
Flute 4
Twelfth 2 2/3
Fifteenth
Blockflute 2
Sesquialtera
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St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne
It comprised two speaking fronts (west and chancel), with the following stops: Open diapason, dulciana, flute, stop diapason, principal, fifteenth, sesquialtera
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