† sesquialteranadj.
Obsolete.
= sesquialter adj. 1.
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
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 271 Here you may finde the Double proportion, the sesquialteran, the sesquitertian.
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §67. 137 That the Periodic Times of the Planets will be exactly in the Sesquialter Proportion of their Orbits or Circles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1653