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Mersennian

Mersennian adjective: of or relating to Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), French mathematician and polymath.

Adjective

Mersennian (comparative more Mersennian, superlative most Mersennian)

  1. Of or relating to Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), French mathematician and polymath.

Forms of Mersennian

comparativemore Mersennian
superlativemost Mersennian

Origin of Mersennian

From Mersenne + -ian.

Questions about Mersennian

What does Mersennian mean?
Mersennian means of or relating to Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), French mathematician and polymath.
What part of speech is Mersennian?
Mersennian is an adjective.

Words near Mersennian in the dictionary

  1. Mersenne
  2. Mersenne prime
  3. Mersenne primes
  4. Mersenne twister
  5. Mersenne twisters
  6. Mersennian
  7. Mersereau
  8. Mersereaus
  9. merses
  10. Mersey
  11. Mersey Forest

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