Meaning of epogdoon | Babel Free
Definitions
A number equal to another plus an eighth thereof; a number 1.125 times another.
no-plural, rare
Examples
“Eighteen... bears the epogdoon relation to sixteen, which is broken up by the intervention of seventeen, an odd number.”
“We cannot say that 256 is the epogdoon of 243, for in the number 256 is not contained the whole of 243 and an eighth thereof, since an eighth of 243 is approximately 30½...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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