Meanings
- not comparablerareHaving fifteen parts, divided into 15 pieces.
As in the preceding examples, └┘ ᄂ コ ▯ ᄃ placed before the number, will denote the bipartite, tripartite, quadrupartite, quintupartite, sextupartite roots. And in the same way... _ロ quindecupartite [15th] ...
2012, Ian Bruce translating John Napier, De Arte Logistica, p. 104
Origin
- Latinquīndecupartītus
- Englishquindecupartite
From Latin quīndecupartītus, from quīndecim (“fifteen”) + partītus (“-partite, -part”) after the model of tripartītus &c., equivalent to quindec- + -partite.
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