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Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.See Also: sesquiplicate proportion, sesquiplicate ratio
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sesquiplicate — sesquipˈlicate adjective (L sēsquiplex, plicis; mathematics) Of, or as, the square roots of the cubes • • • Main Entry: ↑sesqui … Useful english dictionary
