Category:Sesquiduplicate

Ses`qui*du"pli*cate, a. Etym: [sesqui- + duplicate.]

Defn: twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio Of two and a half to one. Sesquiduplicate ratio (math.), the ratio of Two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the Lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.