zenzizenzizenzizenzike
English
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Etymology
[edit]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.[1]
Noun
[edit]zenzizenzizenzizenzike (plural not attested)
- (mathematics, obsolete) The sixteenth power of a number.
- 1696, Samuel Jeake, chapter 4, in Arithmetic surveyed or reviewed, volume 3, page 272; 'A compleat body of arithmetic, in four books...' 1701:
- A Zenzizenzizenzizenzike or Square of Squares Squaredly Squared
References
[edit]- ^ "Zenzizenzizenzic" - the eighth power of a number, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, accessed 26 June 2010