sesquitertialadj.
/sɛskwɪˈtəːʃəl/ ? Obsolete.
a. Expressing a ratio of 4:3. Cf. sesquitertia n.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > multiple > fractional or mixed > particular
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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
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sesquiquarta1597
sesquitertia1597
sesquitertial1603
sesquialter1664
sescuple1774
sesquialterate1776
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1358 The proportion of the Musicke or Symphonie Diatessaron, is Epitritos or Sesquitertiall, that is to say, the whole and a third part over.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xiii. 1066 These legs also are made in a sesquitertiall proportion.
1705 E. Scarburgh Eng. Euclide 180 (note) As 40 to 12 is 34/ 12 or 31/ 3, Triple Sesquitertial.
b. transferred. (See quot. 1804.)
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1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. Expl. Terms Sesquitertial, occupying the fourth part.
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