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tag: 6HV24R8XV6
kind: concept
name: Zenzizenzizenzic
aliases: [cossical-characters, zenzic, zenzicube, zenzicubike, zenzizenzike, zenzizenzizenzik, zenzizenzizenzike, zenzizenzizenzizenzike]
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:499002@r1360286263
    locator: Zenzizenzizenzic
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/499002
    sections: [Summary]
same_as:
  wikidata: Q539027
  wikipedia: Zenzizenzizenzic
inventory: [AS5FYPQE9R]
---

## Summary

**Zenzizenzizenzic** is an obsolete form of mathematical notation representing the eighth power of a number (that is, the zenzizenzizenzic of $x$ is $x^8$), dating from a time when powers were written out in words rather than as superscript numbers. This term was suggested by Robert Recorde, a 16th-century Welsh physician, mathematician, and writer of popular mathematics textbooks, in his 1557 work *The Whetstone of Witte* (although his spelling was *zenzizenzizenzike*); he wrote that it "doeth represent the square of squares squaredly".