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adjective Sesquiplicate adj. (Math.) Subduplicate of the triplicate; a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a´ are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b´, when a is to a´ as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b´, or a:a´::sqrt(b)^(3)):sqrt(b´)^(3)). "The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances."
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