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′::√b3:√b′3.
The periodic times of the planets are in the
sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances.
Sir I. Newton.
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′::√b3:√b′3.
The periodic times of the planets are in the
sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances.
Sir I. Newton.
