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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sesquialteral \Ses`qui*al"ter*al\, Sesquialterate
  \Ses`qui*al"ter*ate\, a. [L. sesquialter once and a half;
     sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. sesquialt['e]re.]
     Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio
     of one and a half to one.
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     {Sesquialteral ratio} (Math.), the ratio of one and a half to
        one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sesquialteral ratio.
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