sesquialterate

发音

/sɛskwɪˈaltərət/

别名

sesqui-alterate

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1.

    古体 数学

    from Kepler's Rule of the periodical times of the Planets being in a sesquialterate proportion of their distances from the centers of their orbs I deduced […]

    9 and 6 are in a sesquialterate ratio.

词源

From Latin sesquialter (“one and a half times”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).

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