Sesquialterate
//sɛskwɪˈaltərət//
"Sesquialterate" in a Sentence (4 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.
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