Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in the ratio of 2½ to 1, or 5 to 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
- adjective (Math.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Two and a half times as large; having the
ratio of 2.5 to 1.
Etymologies
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sesqui- + duplicate
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mollusque commented on the word sesquiduplicate
Peculiarly appropriate for squid; they have ten limbs, two and half times as many as most beings of higher intelligence.
March 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sesquiduplicate
Guess they told us, didn't they? :-)
March 14, 2008