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a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL. sesquialtera. ] (Mus.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. sesquialter once and a half; sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. sesquialtére. ] Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sesquialteral ratio (Math.), the ratio of one and a half to one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sesquialteral ratio. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sesqui- + basic. ] (Chem.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sesqui- + duplicate. ] Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sesqui- + oxide. ] (Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, L. sesquipedalis. ] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } n. Sesquipedality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sesqui- + salt. ] (Chem.) A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sesqui- + sulphide. ] (Chem.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sesquitertian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to the third. Cf. Tertian. ] (Math.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sesqui- + tone. ] (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones. [ 1913 Webster ]