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n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; like sesame; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sesame + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sésamoïde. ] 1. Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sesamoid bones,
Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Sesamoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. Ar. saisabān, seisebān, a kind of tree, fr. Per. sīsabān seed of cinquefoil. ] (Bot.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Aegyptiaca, and other species of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., one half more, one and a half. ] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sesquidupli- is sometimes, but rarely, used in the same manner to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]