subduple en · ADJ
Etymology
From sub- + duple.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
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 […], →OCLC:
Synonyms
Translations (4)
la subduplus (indicating one part of two) · it sottodoppio (indicating one part of two) · la subduplex (indicating one part of two) · fr sous-double (indicating one part of two)