sesquitertianadj.
/sɛskwɪˈtəːʃən/ ? Obsolete.
= sesquitertial 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
1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Sesquitertian, a proportion, whereby is understood as much as comprehendeth the whole, and one third part, as 12. to 9.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 158 The legs of Spiders are made after a sesqui-tertian proportion.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 81 We assign to a Fifth..the Sesqui-alter Proportion..And, to a Fourth..the Sesquitertian.
1761 F. H. E. Stiles in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 717 If the interval diatessaron, or sesquitertian ratio, should be assigned for the limitation of the extreme tones.
1774 J. Duncombe New Arith. Dict.
Derivatives
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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
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Sesquitertianal Proportion, is when any..Quantity contains another once and one third.
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adj.1603