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9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective equal to zero when raised to a certain power
originFrom nil (“not any”) + potent (“having power”) with literal meaning “having zero power” - bearing Latin roots nil and potens. Coined in 1870, along with idempotent, by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce to describe elements of associative algebras.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- plottie 9
- pontine 9
- potline 9
- topline 9
- nontitle 8
- leptin 8
- lepton 8
- pinnet 8
- pinole 8
- pintle 8
- piolet 8
- pointe 8