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Meaning of sesquitertia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A ratio of 4 to 3.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“For, what proportion, 100 hath to 75: the same hath 17 1/7 to 12 6/7: Which is Sesquitertia: that is, as 4, to 3. which make 7.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

sesquithujene sesquitone sess Sessa Sessay Sessegnon

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