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pronic

/ˈpɹɒnɪk/

pronic adjective: being the product of two consecutive integers.

Adjective

pronic (not comparable)

  1. Being the product of two consecutive integers.
    • 1478 - Pierpaolo Muscharello, Algorismus p.163.
      Pronic root is as if you say, 9 times 9 makes 81. And now take the root of 9, which is 3, and this 3 is added above 81: it makes 84, so that the pronic root of 84 is said to be 3.
    • 1794 - David Wilkie, Theory of interest, p.6, Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1794.
      When a = 2, and d = 2 also, in this case, in equation 1st, s=n² + n = a pronic number, which is produced by the addition of even numbers in an arithmetic progression beginning at 2; and the pronic root scriptstyle...
    Synonyms:
    heteromecic

Examples of pronic in a sentence

  • A pronic number is that which is equal to the sum of a square number and its root.1814 - Charles Butler, Easy Introduction to Mathematics, p.96, Barlett & Newman, 1814
  • It may be noted that if Lₙ is a pronic number, then Lₙ is two times a triangular number.1998, Wayne L. McDaniel, “Pronic Lucas Numbers”, in The Fibonacci Quarterly, pages 60–62:

Synonyms of pronic

Origin of pronic

Apparently from New Latin pronicus, a misspelling of Latin promicus, from Ancient Greek προμήκης (promḗkēs, “elongated, oblong”), but the spelling has been pronic from its earliest known occurrence in English (Leonhard Euler, Opera Omnia, series 1, volume 15).

Questions about pronic

What does pronic mean?
Pronic means being the product of two consecutive integers.
How do you use pronic in a sentence?
A pronic number is that which is equal to the sum of a square number and its root.
What part of speech is pronic?
Pronic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pronic?
Pronic is pronounced /ˈpɹɒnɪk/.

Words near pronic in the dictionary

  1. pronghorns
  2. pronging
  3. pronglike
  4. prongs
  5. prongy
  6. pronic
  7. pronilfactor
  8. pronilfactors
  9. proning
  10. proning out
  11. pronings

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