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- noun mathematics, obsolete the eighth power of a number
Etymologies
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Coined by Robert Recorde (as zenzizenzizenzike) in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from root word zenzic.
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Examples
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The eighth power is by extension zenzizenzizenzic.
Archive 2007-03-01 Cliff Pickover 2007
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The eighth power is by extension zenzizenzizenzic.
Zenzizenzizenzic Cliff Pickover 2007
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The zenzizenzizenzic of x is the eighth power of x, x8.
tsherel commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
The eighth power of a number.
December 10, 2006
alguien commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
That is so cool.
March 29, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I honestly didn't think that it was real.
May 3, 2007
oroboros commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
The zenzizenzizenzic of a number is its eighth power. This term was suggested by Robert Recorde, a 16th century Welsh writer of popular mathematics textbooks, in his work The Whetstone of Witte, published in 1557, although his spelling was zenzizenzizenzike.
The word is obsolete except as a curiosity; the Oxford English Dictionary has only one citation for it. It survives as an historical oddity.The word dates from a time when there was no easy way of denoting the powers of numbers other than squares and cubes. Its root word is the German zenzic, from the medieval Italian censo, meaning "squared." Since the square of a square of a number is its fourth power, Recorde used the word zenzizenzic (spelt by him as zenzizenzike) to express it. This is a condensed form of the Italian censo di censo, used by Leonardo of Pisa in his famous book Liber Abaci of 1202. Similarly, as the sixth power of a number is equal to the square of its cube, Recorde used the word zenzicubike (a more modern spelling, zenzicube, is found in Samuel Jeake's Logisticelogia) to express it. Finally, the word zenzizenzizenzic denotes the square of the square of a number's square, which is its eighth power. Zenzizenzizenzic has more Z's than any other known word in the English language.
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May 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
So...censodicensodicenso could possibly be the Italian version of the word. Or is it censodicensodicensodicenso? ;-)
May 3, 2007
oroboros commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
At least!
May 4, 2007
arby commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
This would be totally killer in Scrabble! Unless maybe there aren't enough z's in the game to use it.
May 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Seems to me you'd need "Scrabble Plus" for this one. ;-)
May 4, 2007
cricket commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Favorited! This is such a fun word!
March 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Where have you been all my life?!
September 5, 2008
zuccaciyecioglu commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I wish I could get this on my license plate.
September 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I wish I could get zuccaciyecioglu on a license plate.
September 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I wish I had cars as big as yours.
September 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
What is it with big things, rt?
September 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Need a big car for a big license plate, don't you? Otherwise you start to resemble a big metal fish with one flipper.
September 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
*whispers sideways* He was diagnosed with monoflipper anxiety you know.
September 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Hey! That's how rumors get started.
Not to mention lists.
September 10, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
JM is so pleased he has discovered that zenzizenzizenzic "doeth represent the square of squares squared", or eighth power of a number. How to use in conversation?
February 1, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Someone should make a song out of this.
July 20, 2009
100002575056754 commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
I believe I have actually fallen in love with wordnik now.
September 3, 2011
bilby commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Never mind, the Wordnik development team are working on a fix.
September 3, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
:-\
September 3, 2011
Dan337 commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Working on a fix for Wordnikphilia? Or monoflipper anxiety?
September 3, 2011
nearthebear commented on the word zenzizenzizenzic
Holy! Instant love! Now to memorize it and proceed to never use it in my entire life except to amuse myself when I'm blue, during which I will promptly remind myself that such a word as "zenzizenzizenzic" exists and all will be well.
December 31, 2011