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- Latin · borrowed fromsesquialtera
- English todaysesquialtera
From Latin sesquialtera, form of sesquialtera, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sesquialtera
Today it means: A ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ to 1. Full definition →
Latin sesquialtera