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cossists

cossists is the plural of cossist.

Meaning of cossist

Noun

cossist (plural cossists)

  1. (historical) A practitioner of proto-algebra in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe.
    • The word "cossist" comes from the Italian cosa, meaning "thing." The cosa was the mystery that algebra was designed to solve -- it was the name given to the unknown quantity in an equation (our modern x).2005, Amir D. Aczel, Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, page 121

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What is cossists the plural of?
Cossists is the plural of cossist.

Words near cossists in the dictionary

  1. Cossin
  2. Cossington
  3. Cossins
  4. Cossio
  5. cossist
  6. cossists
  7. Cossumbazar
  8. Cossya
  9. Cossyah
  10. Cossyahs
  11. Cossyas

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