sescupleadj.
/ˈsɛskjuːp(ə)l/ Now rare.
= sesquialter adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > multiple > fractional or mixed > particular
sesquialter1570
sesquitertia1597
sesquialteral1603
sesquioctave1603
sesquitertial1603
sesquitertian1603
sesquialtera1609
sesquialterate1609
sesquialteran1653
sescuple1694
sesquitertianal1704
sesquibitertial1705
sesquidecimal1705
sesquioctaval1705
sesquiquartal1705
sesquiquartan1715
sesquiseptimal1726
sesquiduplicate1775
sesquinonal1776
sesquiduple1850
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > specific proportion
sesquialtera?1553
sesquiquarta1597
sesquitertia1597
sesquitertial1603
sesquialter1664
sescuple1774
sesquialterate1776
1694 W. Wotton Anc. & Mod. Learning (1697) 100 9 is in a Sescuple Proportion to 6.
1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 13 Rhythmus is either even, as in the dactyl, which has one long syllable equal to two short ones,..or it is sescuple, as in the pæon, composed of one long syllable and three short ones.
1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369 Superparticular ratio..: its varieties are sescuple or sesquialter, sesquitertius, sesquiquartus, &c.
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adj.1694