epogdoon
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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