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Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
<mathematics> Sesquiduplicate ratio, the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.
Origin: Sesqui- + duplicate.
(01 Mar 1998)
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