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sesquitertia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sesquiter-tia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ratio of 4 to 3.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sesquitertias (plural)

Questions

What does sesquitertia mean?
A ratio of 4 to 3.

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