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Meaning of sesquialterate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2
sɛskwɪˈaltərət

Definitions

In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1.

archaic, not-comparable

Equivalents

Suomi puolitoistakertainen puolitoistakertainen
Latina sesquialter

Examples

“[…]the ratio of 3 to 2, which is sesquialter, forms the symphony diapente[…]”
“People ignorant of geometry did not know the sesquialterate ratio of the sphere, cylinder, and cone, and therefor no man could know it[…]”
“from Kepler's Rule of the periodical times of the Planets being in a sesquialterate proportion of their distances from the centers of their orbs I deduced […]”
“9 and 6 are in a sesquialterate ratio.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sesquialterous sesquiannual sesquibasic sesquicentennial sesquidecennial sesquidiurnal

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