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subsextuple

subsextuple adjective: having the ratio of one to six.

Adjective

subsextuple (not comparable)

  1. Having the ratio of one to six.
    • […] the whole would amount to 320000 pounds; half of which would be lightened by the help of one pulley, three quarters by two pullies, and so onward, according to this subduple, subquadruple, and subsextuple proportion.1641, John Wilkins, Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger

Origin of subsextuple

From sub- + sextuple.

Questions about subsextuple

What does subsextuple mean?
Subsextuple means having the ratio of one to six.
What part of speech is subsextuple?
Subsextuple is an adjective.

Words near subsextuple in the dictionary

  1. subsetted
  2. subsetting
  3. subsettings
  4. subsewer
  5. subsewers
  6. subsextuple
  7. subsexual
  8. subshaft
  9. subshafts
  10. subshape
  11. subshapes

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