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An extension of Robert Recorde's naming system for mathematical powers presented in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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An extension of Robert Recorde's naming system for mathematical powers presented in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.