SESQUIDITONE

, in Music, a concord resulting from the sounds of two strings whose vibrations, in equal times, are to each other in the ratio of 5 to 6.

SESQUIDUPLICATE Ratio, is that in which the greater term contains the less, twice and a half; as the ratio of 15 to 6, or 50 to 20.

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

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SERPENTARIUS
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SESQUIALTERATE
* SESQUIDITONE
SESQUIQUADRATE
SESQUIQUINTILE
SETTING
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