English Explanatory Dictionary

pronic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being the product of two consecutive integers.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒnɪk/

Word forms

pronic

Etymology

Apparently from New Latin pronicus, a misspelling of Latin promicus, from Ancient Greek προμήκης (promḗkēs, “elongated, oblong”), but the spelling has been pronic from its earliest known occurrence in English (Leonhard Euler, Opera Omnia, series 1, volume 15).

Synonyms

heteromecic

Related words

oblong number rectangular number
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