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sesquialteral
sesquialteral, a. (sɛskwɪˈæltərəl) [f. L. sesquialter: see prec.] = sesquialter 1.1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1358 The proportion..of Diapente, [is] Hemolios or Sesquialterall, that is to say, the whole and halfe as much more. 1692 Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. (1693) 10 As the six Primary Planets revo... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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sesquiduple
sesquiduple, a. (ˈsɛskwɪˌdjuːp(ə)l) [f. sesqui- + duple, to express the meaning ‘two and a half’ (on a false analogy), after sesquialteral.] Involving a ratio of 2½ to 1. So sesquiˈduplicate a.1775 Ash, Sesquiduplicate, belonging to the ratio of five to two. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc. s.v. Sesqui,... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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sesqui-
sesqui- (ˈsɛskwɪ) a Latin prefix [L. sesqui-, also sesque-, contraction of *sēmis-que a half in addition; cf. sestertius:—*sēmis-tertius], expressing a superparticular ratio. 1. a. With designations of measure or amount, denoting one-and-a-half times the unit; as sesquihōra an hour and a half; sesqu... Oxford English Dictionary
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