"pronic" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "1478 - Pierpaolo Muscharello, Algorismus p.163.\nPronic root is as if you say, 9 times 9 makes 81. And now take the root of 9, which is 3, and this 3 is added above 81: it makes 84, so that the pronic root of 84 is said to be 3."
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          "text": "1804 - Paul Deighan, \"Recommendatory letters\", A complete treatise on arithmetic, rational and practical, vol.1, p.viii, Dublin: J. Jones, 1804.\nAs I admire each proposition fair,\nthe pronic number and the perfect square,\nthe puzzling intricate equation solv'd,\nas Grecia's chief the Gordian knot dissolv'd;\n- John Bartley"
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