[…]the ratio of 3 to 2, which is sesquialter, forms the symphony diapente[…]
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Sesquialterate
//sɛskwɪˈaltərət//
Synonyms for "sesquialterate" (5 found)
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3 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- puolitoistakertainen adj (Translations)
Latin
2 entries- sestuplus adj (Translations)
- sēsquialter adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
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People ignorant of geometry did not know the sesquialterate ratio of the sphere, cylinder, and cone, and therefor no man could know it[…]
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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 […]
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9 and 6 are in a sesquialterate ratio.
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