Meanings
alternative zenzizenzizenzizenzic
- no pluralobsoletemathematicsThe sixteenth power of a number.
A Zenzizenzizenzizenzike or Square of Squares Squaredly Squared
1696, Samuel Jeake, chapter 4, in Arithmetic surveyed or reviewed, volume 3, page 272; 'A compleat body of arithmetic, in four books...' 1701
Origin
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.
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