Meanings
alternative cossike · alternative coßike
- not comparableobsoleteOf or relating to algebra.
the cossic art cossic numbers
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As in nombers Abſtracte, euery nomber is not a rooted nomber, but ſome certaine only emongeſt theim, ſo in nombers Coßike, all nombers haue not rootes: but ſoche onely emongeſt ſimple Coßike nombers are rooted, whoſe nomber hath a roote, agreable to the figure of his denomination.
1557, Robert Recorde, “Of Extraction of Rootes”, in The Whetstone of Witte, […], London: […] Jhon Kyngstone, →OCLC, signature [Cc.iv.], recto
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Italiancossico
- Englishcossic
From Italian cossico. See rule of coss.
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