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zenzizenzizenzic

zenzizenzizenzic noun: the eighth power of a number.

Noun

zenzizenzizenzic (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) The eighth power of a number.
    • From this and the word cube, various denominations of powers were formed, as zenzi-cubic for sixth, zenzizenzizenzic for eighth, &c., from which we are now happily delivered.1866, Charles Knight, The English Cyclopaedia: a new dictionary of Universal Knowledge, page 1045
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Origin of zenzizenzizenzic

Coined by Robert Recorde (as zenzizenzizenzike) in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic.

Questions about zenzizenzizenzic

What does zenzizenzizenzic mean?
Zenzizenzizenzic means the eighth power of a number.
What part of speech is zenzizenzizenzic?
Zenzizenzizenzic is a noun.

Words near zenzizenzizenzic in the dictionary

  1. zenzenite
  2. Zenzes
  3. zenzic
  4. zenzizenzic
  5. zenzizenzics
  6. zenzizenzizenzic
  7. zenzizenzizenzizenzic
  8. zenzizenzizenzizenzike
  9. Zenú
  10. zeocin
  11. zeogrid

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