Subduplicate

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

  Subduplicate \Sub*du"pli*cate\, a. (Math.)
     Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.
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     {Subduplicate ratio}, the ratio of the square roots, or the
        square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a


        to b is [root]a to [root]b, or [root]a/b.
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