zenzizenzizenzizenzike

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Etymology

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

zenzizenzizenzizenzike (plural not attested)

  1. (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

  1. ^ "Zenzizenzizenzic" - the eighth power of a number, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, accessed 26 June 2010