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sesquitertia

sesquitertia noun: a ratio of 4 to 3.

Noun

sesquitertia (countable and uncountable, plural sesquitertias)

  1. (obsolete) A ratio of 4 to 3.
    • For, what proportion, 100 hath to 75: the same hath 17 1/7 to 12 6/7: Which is Sesquitertia: that is, as 4, to 3. which make 7.1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
  2. (obsolete) A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4.

sesquitertia meaning in Tamil

sesquitertia in Tamil

நான்குக்கு மூன்று, என்னுந்தகவுடைய இடையீடு

Forms of sesquitertia

pluralsesquitertias

Questions about sesquitertia

What does sesquitertia mean?
Sesquitertia means a ratio of 4 to 3.
What is sesquitertia in Tamil?
Sesquitertia in Tamil is நான்குக்கு மூன்று, என்னுந்தகவுடைய இடையீடு. See Sesquitertia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sesquitertia?
Sesquitertia is a noun.
What is the plural of sesquitertia?
The plural of sesquitertia is sesquitertias.

Words near sesquitertia in the dictionary

  1. sesquiterpenic
  2. sesquiterpenoid
  3. sesquiterpenoids
  4. sesquiterpenol
  5. sesquiterpenols
  6. sesquitertia
  7. sesquitertial
  8. sesquitertian
  9. sesquitertianal
  10. sesquitertias
  11. sesquithujene

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