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Sesquiplicate

Sesquiplicate \Ses*quip"li*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + plicate.] (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'::[root]b^ 3:[root]b'^ 3.

The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances.
--Sir I. Newton.

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sesquiplicate

a. Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.