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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sesquiduplicate \Ses`qui*du"pli*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + duplicate.]
   Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the
   ratio of two and a half to one.
   [1913 Webster]

   Sesquiduplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of two and a half
      to one, or one in which the greater term contains the
      lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.
      [1913 Webster]