'Sesquiplicate' definitions:

Definition of 'Sesquiplicate'

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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 cube of b', or a:a'::[root]b^3:[root]b'^3. [1913 Webster]
  • The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]