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Webster 1913 Edition


Sesquiduplicate

Sesˊqui-du′pli-cate

,
Adj.
[
Sesqui-
+
duplicate
.]
Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
Sesquiduplicate ratio
(Math.)
,
the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sesquiduplicate

SESQUIDU'PLICATE

,
Adj.
[L. sesqui, supra, and duplicatis, double.] Designating the ratio of two and a half to one, or where the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.

Definition 2024


sesquiduplicate

sesquiduplicate

English

Adjective

sesquiduplicate (not comparable)

  1. Two and a half times as large; having the ratio of 2.5 to 1.

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