3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
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Subduple
Synonyms for "subduple" (1 found)
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Translations
4 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- sous-double adj (indicating one part of two)
Italian
1 entries- sottodoppio adj (indicating one part of two)
Latin
2 entries- subduplex adj (indicating one part of two)
- subduplus adj (indicating one part of two)
Sample sentences
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As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
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