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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBTRIPLICATE

a.In the ratio of the cubes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBTRIPLICATE

SUBTRIPLICATE Sub *trip "li *cate, a. (Math. )

 

Defn: Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios. Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cube roota /b.