subquintuple

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ quintuple

Adjective[edit]

subquintuple (not comparable)

  1. Having the ratio of one to five.
    • 1641, John Wilkins, Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger:
      If unto this lower Pulley there were added another, then the Power would be unto the Weight in a subquintuple Proportion.
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