potrzebie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a case form of Polish potrzeba, adopted as a catchphrase by Mad magazine in the 1950s, and applied to a system of measurement by American computer scientist Donald Knuth (then a high-schooler).
Noun
[edit]potrzebie (plural potrzebies)
- (humorous) A fictional unit of length defined as the thickness of issue #26 (November 1955) of Mad Magazine, or approximately 2.26 millimetres.
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potrzebie f
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