Category:Sesquiplicate

Ses*quip"li*cate, a. Etym: [sesqui- + plicate.] (math.)

Defn: 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'::sq. rootb3:sq. rootb'3. The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of Their mean distances. Sir i. Newton.