Meanings
- not comparablemathematicsIndicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
1 more example
As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
1648, John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLCSynonyms: subdouble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIndicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
Origin
Translations
French sous-double
- sous-doubleindicating one part of two
Italian sottodoppio
- sottodoppioindicating one part of two
Latin subduplus, subduplex
- subduplusindicating one part of two
- subduplexindicating one part of two
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subduple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subduple
“subduple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subduple. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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