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[Mark Mandel]

*CDI+CCL*

The elements of the subtractive construction may be no more than one order
of magnitude apart.

And "sesquibicentennial" should mean "1½ x 200" = 300.*

* From
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sesqui-

  *Definition of sesqui-*
1 : one and a half times
// *sesquicentennial*

Latin, "one and a half, half again", literally, "and a half", from
*semis* "half
of an *as* [a monetary unit"], "one half (probably from *semi-* + *as* *as*)"
+ *-que* (enclitic) "and"

*History and Etymology for sesqui-*

one and a half, half again, literally, and a half, from *semis* half of an
as, one half (probably from *semi-* + *as* as) + *-que* (enclitic) and;
akin to Greek *te* and, Sanskrit *ca*, Goth *-h, -uh*

*MM* (2000)

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