Adjectif
Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
Usage- not-comparable
- désuet
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Plus d’exemples (1)
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.