"sesquitertia" meaning in English

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        "A ratio of 4 to 3."
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        "(obsolete) A ratio of 4 to 3."
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        "A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4."
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        "(music, obsolete) A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4."
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        "(obsolete) A ratio of 4 to 3."
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