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CIDE DICTIONARY

sesquialterate

CIDE DICTIONARY

sesquialteratea. [L. sesquialter once and a half; sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. sesquialtére.].
     Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.  [1913 Webster]
Sesquialteral ratio (Math.), the ratio of one and a half to one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sesquialteral ratio.

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