sesquiplicate

Etymology
Surface form ; by analogy with.

Adjective

 * 1) Magnified by one and one-half; in a ratio of three to two.

Quotations
1729: And all astronomers agree that their periodic orbits are in the sesquiplicate proportion of the semi-diameters of their orbits; and so it manifestly appears from the following table. &mdash; Andrew Motte, translating Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
 * Note: "in the sesquiplicate proportion" (ratio) means increasing as the square root of the cube, that is, as x3/2, just as "in the duplicate ratio" would mean increasing as the square.

Coordinate terms

 * – two times
 * – three times

Related terms

 * sesquialteral, sesquialterate: sesquialteral ratio = ratio of 3 to 2
 * subsesquiplicate: subsesquiplicate ratio = 2/3rd power of the ratio
 * subsesquiplicate: subsesquiplicate ratio = 2/3rd power of the ratio
 * subsesquiplicate: subsesquiplicate ratio = 2/3rd power of the ratio