Meaning of cossist | Babel Free

Definitions

A practitioner of proto-algebra in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe.

historical

Examples

“The word "cossist" comes from the Italian cosa, meaning "thing." The cosa was the mystery that algebra was designed to solve -- it was the name given to the unknown quantity in an equation (our modern x).”

“So also were trained the Cossists and Rechenmeister of Germany in his tradition.”

CEFR level