Sesquiplicate

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

  Sesquiplicate \Ses*quip"li*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + plicate.]
     (Math.)
     Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios;
     thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b',
     when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the
     square root of the cube of b', or


     a:a'::[root]b^{3}:[root]b'^{3}.
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           The periodic times of the planets are in the
           sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances. --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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