SESQUIALTERATE

, the greater perfect, which is a triple, where the breve is three measures, or semibreves.

Sesquialterate

, greater imperfect, which is where the breve, when pointed, contains three measures, and without any point, two.

Sesquialterate

, less imperfect, a triple, where the semibreve with a point contains three measures, and two without.

Sesquialterate

, in Arithmetic and Geometry, is a ratio between two numbers, or lines, &c, where the greater is equal to once and a half of the less. Thus 6 and 9 are in a Sesquialterate ratio, as also 20 and 30.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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