I'm trying to think of a word that basically communicates something in between a single and a double.
Is there such a thing as half of a tuple?
How would you communicate something that is in between a single and a double?
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How on earth do you tie half a knot?– Nuclear HoagieCommented Sep 2, 2015 at 15:03
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You're not, but you kinda are... If you tied two ropes together with a double overhand, you're essentially left with a knot with four loops. A single overhand would be two loops. The knot I'm tying has three loops... I'm tying a single with one strand, then a double with the other, but in "knot math" that does not add up to a triple, it's one single less that a double... but not a single... I need help.– ShemSegerCommented Sep 2, 2015 at 15:10
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A singled double?– ShemSegerCommented Sep 2, 2015 at 15:12
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Half singling a double?– ShemSegerCommented Sep 2, 2015 at 15:13
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1@tchrist, this isn't a duplicate, that question is about Ordinal Numbers, this one is about Tuples.– ShemSegerCommented Sep 2, 2015 at 15:45
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There is a Latinate prefix, sesqui-, for 'one and a half', which is occasionally used for terms like sesquicentenary. How you adapt this to your very specific situation (and whether it will mean anything to anyone else when you do so) is up to you.
answered Sep 2, 2015 at 17:35
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1I was able to discover that Sesquidupal was a word which means two and a half, but I can't find a series of tuple and a half words. Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 17:41
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@ShemSeger: I think the word for one and a half would be "sesquuple"– herissonCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 3:50
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Wikipedia indicates that various Latin roots are used with the "uple" endings. Unfortunately, there seems to be no Greek equivalent to "sesqui-": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_prefix– herissonCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 3:56
I'd say half-double. Refer to crochet terms.
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1Because it's only half doubled haha. One half double is half the increase a double would be, so 50% more– Some_GuyCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 8:58
Half of double is single. If you're talking about a quantity rather than groups of integral units, you can say "one and a half."
