Sesquiduplicate definition

Sesquiduplicate





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

  Sesquiduplicate \Ses`qui*du"pli*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + duplicate.]
     Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the
     ratio of two and a half to one.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sesquiduplicate ratio} (Math.), the ratio of two and a half


        to one, or one in which the greater term contains the
        lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.
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