Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Being in the ratio of 4 to 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Math.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective mathematics Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4:3).

Etymologies

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sesqui- + Latin tertianus ("belonging to the third"). Compare tertian.

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