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subquintuple

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English

Etymology

From sub- + quintuple.

Adjective

subquintuple (not comparable)

  1. Having the ratio of one to five.
    • 1641, John Wilkins, Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger:
      If unto this lower Pulley there were added another, then the Power would be unto the Weight in a subquintuple Proportion.

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