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English
Etymology
From sub- + duple.
Adjective
subduple (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
- Synonym: subdouble
3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio.
1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick: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.
Translations
indicating one part of two