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Webster 1913 Edition

Sursolid

Sur-sol′id

,
Noun.
[F.
sursolide
. See
Sur-
, and
Solid
.]
(Math.)
The fifth power of a number;
as,
a[GREEK]
is the
sursolid
of
a
, or 32 that of 2
.
[R.]
Hutton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sursolid

SURSOL'ID

,
Noun.
[sur and solid, or surdesolid.] In mathematics, the fifth power of a number; or the product of the fourth multiplication of a number considered as the root. Thus 3x3=9, the square of 3, and 9x3=27, the third power or cube, and 27x3=81, the fourth power, and 81x3=243, which is the sursolid of 3.

SURSOL'ID

,
Adj.
Denoting the fifth power.
Sursolid problem, is that which cannot be resolved but by curves of a higher kind than the conic sections.

Definition 2024

sursolid

sursolid

English

Noun

sursolid ‎(plural sursolids)

  1. (mathematics) The fifth power of a number.
    32 is the sursolid of 2.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hutton to this entry?)

Etymology

French sursolide. See sur- and solid.

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