First published 2018
† zenzicubicadjective
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What does the adjective zenzicubic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zenzicubic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1500s.
Where does the adjective zenzicubic come from?
Earliest known use
mid 1500s
The earliest known use of the adjective zenzicubic is in the mid 1500s.
OED's earliest evidence for zenzicubic is from 1557, in the writing of Robert Recorde, mathematician and physician.
Nearby entries
- Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹1654–
- Zenonian, adj.²1756–
- Zenonian, adj.³ & n.²1837–
- Zenonic, adj.¹1779–
- Zenonic, adj.²1827–
- Zenonism, n.¹1789–
- Zenonism, n.²1935–
- zenzi-, comb. form
- zenzic, n. & adj.1557–71
- zenzicube, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzicubic, adj.1557–71
- zenzicubicube, n.a1690
- zenzizenzic, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzizenzicube, n.a1690
- zenzizenzicubic, adj.a1690
- zenzizenzizenzic, n.1557–1690
- zeolite, n.1770–
- zeolitic, adj.1782–
- zeolitical, adj.1788–
- zeolitically, adv.1926–
- zeolitiform, adj.1788–
Etymology
After post-classical Latin zensicubicus (1544 or earlier).
Meaning & use
Mathematics. rare. Obsolete.
- 1557–71Designating the sixth power or root of a number.
- 1557
Zenzicubike, or Squared Cube.
R. Recorde, Whetstone of Witte sig. Ki - 1571
The Zenzicubike roote of the product is your desire.
T. Digges in L. Digges's Geometrical Practise: Pantometria iii. sig. V jv
the world relative properties number arithmetic or algebraic operations [adjectives] multiple of self or forming powers- solidc1430–1727Mathematics. Of number or measure: = cubic, adj. Obsolete.
- quadratec1450–1759Mathematics. Of a number or root: square. Obsolete.
- wholec1450Mathematics. Designating a number obtained by multiplying a whole number by itself twice; cubic; = solid, adj. I.2b. Obsolete. rare.
- cubic1551–Arithmetic, Algebra, etc. Relating to or involving the cube or third power of a quantity; of three dimensions, of the third degree.
- squared1557–Multiplied by itself. Also figurative.
- sursolid1557–1706Of the fifth degree; that is a fifth power or root; involving the fifth power of a quantity.
- zenzicubic1557–71Designating the sixth power or root of a number.
- cubical?a1560–Arithmetic, Algebra, etc. = cubic, adj. A.3. Obsolete except in names of certain cubic curves, as cubical hyperbola, etc.
- zenzic1571Of a number or root: square (cf. square, adj. I.2a, I.2b).
- quadrato-quadratic1647–1890Of the fourth degree, quartic.
- quadrato-cubic1654–1814(Of a number) equal to the fifth power of another number; (of an equation) of the fifth degree, quintic.
- biquadratic1668–Relating to the square of a square, or fourth power, of a number.
- = quadrato-quadratic, adj.
- square-squarea1679Biquadrate.
- powerfula1690Mathematics. Involving a square or higher power. Obsolete. rare.
- biquadrate1806–The square of the square (power or root); the fourth power in arithmetic and algebra; = biquadratic, n.
- quintic1851–Of the fifth degree; involving the fifth but no higher power of an unknown quantity or a variable.
- sextic1851–Of the sixth degree or order; involving the sixth but no higher power of an unknown quantity or a variable.
- superlinear1865–Mathematics. Involving a power greater than one; of an order greater than one. Cf. linear, adj. A.3a.