Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mathematics, a letter or unit in Benjamin Pierce's linear algebras.
  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin vide, see.
  • noun In mathematics, a letter or unit in Benjamin Pierce's linear algebras.

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  • conjunction Eye dialect spelling of with.
  • noun slang video
  • noun slang videotape

Etymologies

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Eye dialect spelling of with

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Abbreviation of video, from Latin videō ("I see").

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  • The algebra might be linear, but the Century Dictionary definitions are not.

    January 22, 2011

  • Oh! That's just adorable--many of the Century's math, logic, and science definitions were written by Charles Sanders Peirce. The mathematician Benjamin Peirce was his father.

    Sounds linear to me! :-)

    January 22, 2011