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sesquiple

sesquiple adjective: sesquiplicate.

Adjective

sesquiple (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Sesquiplicate.
    • 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 […]1776, Sir John Hawkins, A General History of the Science and Practice of Music in Five Volumes by Sir John Hawkins, Volume 1
    • […] if, however, they did, Mr. Smith has taken a sesquiple allowance.1838, A. Maxwell, The Monthly Law Magazine and Political Review, Volume 2

Questions about sesquiple

What does sesquiple mean?
Sesquiple means sesquiplicate.
What part of speech is sesquiple?
Sesquiple is an adjective.

Words near sesquiple in the dictionary

  1. sesquipedality
  2. sesquipedalophobia
  3. sesquipedals
  4. sesquiplane
  5. sesquiplanes
  6. sesquiple
  7. sesquiplicate
  8. sesquiquadrate
  9. sesquiquadrates
  10. sesquisalt
  11. sesquisalts

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