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Sursolid

Sur-sŏl'id, n.

noun

n. [Fr. sursolide. See SUR and SOLID.] (Math.) The fifth power of a number; as, a⁵ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2. Math. Dict.

adjective

a. [Fr. sursolide. See supra.] Of, pertaining to, or involving, the fifth power.

Sursolid problem (Math.), a problem which can not be resolved but by curves of a higher kind than the conic sections.