zenzizenzizenzic

noun

The eighth power of a number.

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Meanings

nounzenzizenzizenzic (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoletemathematicsThe eighth power of a number.

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    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

Origin

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

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Chicago

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