English Explanatory Dictionary

sesquiplicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.

Word forms

sesquiplicate

Etymology

Surface form sesqui- (“one and a half”) + plicate (“fold”); by analogy with duplicate.

Related words

sesquialteral sesquialterate: sesquialteral ratio sesquiplicate proportion sesquiplicate ratio half again subsesquiplicate ratio
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