Word Meanings - SESQUIPLICATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::sq. rootb3:sq. rootb'3.

Additional info about word: SESQUIPLICATE

Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::sq. rootb3:sq. rootb'3. The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances. Sir I. Newton.

Related words: (words related to SESQUIPLICATE)

• RATIOCINATE
  To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• RATIONALIZATION
  The act or process of rationalizing.
• RATIONALISTIC; RATIONALISTICAL
  Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism. -- Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
• RATIOCINATION
  The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• SQUARE
  1. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit. No works shall find acceptamce . . . That square not truly with the Scripture plan. Cowper. 2. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• SQUARE-TOED
  Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.
• RATION
  1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. 2. Hence,
• SQUARELY
  In a square form or manner.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• TRIPLICATE
  A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
• SQUARE-RIGGED
  Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
• RATIONALLY
  In a rational manner.
• TRIPLICATE-TERNATE
  Triternate.
• SESQUIPLICATE
  Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::sq. rootb3:sq. rootb'3.
• RATIONALITY
  The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed
• RATIONAL
  A rational being. Young.
• MIGRATION
  The act of migrating.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• COMMISERATION
  The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
• SUBTRIPLICATE
  Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios. Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cube roota/b.
• DEDECORATION
  Disgrace; dishonor. Bailey.
• INCARCERATION
  1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
• EXULCERATION
  1. Ulceration. Quincy. 2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.
• T SQUARE
  See T
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• IRRATIONAL
  Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd. Syn. -- Absurd; foolish; preposterous; unreasonable; senseless. See Absurd. (more info) 1. Not rational; void of
• REVERBERATION
  The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame
• ELABORATION
  The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle,
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• REMONSTRATION
  The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. Todd.
• FISSURATION
  The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.