sesquialteradj.n.

/sɛskwɪˈaltə/

Etymology: Latin, < sesqui- (see sesqui- comb. form) + alter second. For the formation compare Old Norse hálfr annarr, Old English óþer healf, German anderthalb.

a. Of a proportion: That is as 1¹/ ₂ is to 1. Of an object: Proportionate to another object as 1¹/ ₂ is to 1; that is such a multiple of.

ΘΚΠ

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

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cj^v A Cylinder, whose heith, and Diameter of his base, is æquall to the Diameter of the Sphære, is Sesquialter to the same Sphære.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Hemiolio, an arithmeticall proportion called Sesquialter or Sesquiplex, which is so much, and halfe so much againe.

1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 119 This would by sesquialter proportion exceed all the rest.

1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements iv. 85 Isosceles triangles, whose angles at the base are multiplices sesquialter of those at the top.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 81 We assign to a Fifth..the Sesquialter Proportion (or that of 3 to 2).

1711 H. Needler in J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased (1773) I. 90 6 is only sesquialter of 4.

1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 222 In all the Revolutions of the Planets about the Sun,..the periodical Times is [sic] in a Sesquialter Proportion to the middle Distances.

1784 J. Keeble Theory of Harmonics 29 The sesquialter chromatic.

1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369/2 The following ratios are super~particular: 15 to 10, which is sesquialter.

†b. Music. = sesquialtera adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

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

1664 J. Wallis Let. 14 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 192 As if the Acuteness of ye one [sc. sound] be sayd to be Double, Treble, Quadruple, Sesquialter, Sesquitertian, &c., to that of ye other.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Time Sesquialter Proportion, which signifies a Triple Measure of three Notes, to two such like Notes of the Common Time.

2. = sesquialtera adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mixture-stops > specific

cornet1660

clarionc1670

sesquialtera1688

sesquialter1841

cymbal1852

harmonica1852

plein jeu1855

sext1855

fourniture1876

rauschpfeife1876

tertian1876

zimbel1888

cornet-stop-

1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 293/2 Sometimes the Mixture stop is considered as part of the Sesquialter.

1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369/2 The sesquialter stop of an organ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sesquialter
释义	sesquialteradj.n. /sɛskwɪˈaltə/ Etymology: Latin, < sesqui- (see sesqui- comb. form) + alter second. For the formation compare Old Norse hálfr annarr, Old English óþer healf, German anderthalb. 1. a. Of a proportion: That is as 1¹/ ₂ is to 1. Of an object: Proportionate to another object as 1¹/ ₂ is to 1; that is such a multiple of. ΘΚΠ 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 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cj^v A Cylinder, whose heith, and Diameter of his base, is æquall to the Diameter of the Sphære, is Sesquialter to the same Sphære. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Hemiolio, an arithmeticall proportion called Sesquialter or Sesquiplex, which is so much, and halfe so much againe. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 119 This would by sesquialter proportion exceed all the rest. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements iv. 85 Isosceles triangles, whose angles at the base are multiplices sesquialter of those at the top. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 81 We assign to a Fifth..the Sesquialter Proportion (or that of 3 to 2). 1711 H. Needler in J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased (1773) I. 90 6 is only sesquialter of 4. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 222 In all the Revolutions of the Planets about the Sun,..the periodical Times is [sic] in a Sesquialter Proportion to the middle Distances. 1784 J. Keeble Theory of Harmonics 29 The sesquialter chromatic. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369/2 The following ratios are super~particular: 15 to 10, which is sesquialter. †b. Music. = sesquialtera adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ 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 1664 J. Wallis Let. 14 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 192 As if the Acuteness of ye one [sc. sound] be sayd to be Double, Treble, Quadruple, Sesquialter, Sesquitertian, &c., to that of ye other. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Time Sesquialter Proportion, which signifies a Triple Measure of three Notes, to two such like Notes of the Common Time. 2. = sesquialtera adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mixture-stops > specific cornet1660 clarionc1670 sesquialtera1688 sesquialter1841 cymbal1852 harmonica1852 plein jeu1855 sext1855 fourniture1876 rauschpfeife1876 tertian1876 zimbel1888 cornet-stop- 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 293/2 Sometimes the Mixture stop is considered as part of the Sesquialter. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369/2 The sesquialter stop of an organ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1570
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