sesquiple

English

Adjective

sesquiple (not comparable)

1. (rare) Sesquiplicate.
   • 1776, Sir John Hawkins, A General History of the Science and Practice of Music in Five Volumes by Sir John Hawkins, Volume 1:

     Pythagoras, by musical proportion, calleth that a tone, by how much the moon is distant from the earth: from the moon to Mercury the half of that space, and from Mercury to Venus almost as much; from Venus to the sun, sesquiple […]

   • 1838, A. Maxwell, The Monthly Law Magazine and Political Review, Volume 2:

     […] if, however, they did, Mr. Smith has taken a sesquiple allowance.

   • 1941, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, Popular Astronomy - Volume 49:

     Stoney showed that the chemical elements could be plotted in a logarithmic spiral with a sesquiple ratio.

Derived terms

• sesquiple cousin
• sesquiple first cousin