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co-
co- var. of COM- used before vowels, h, and gn. as in L. coalescere COALESCE, cognātus COGNATE, cohērēs CO-HEIR; in extensive use from XVII as a living formative in the senses ‘together’, ‘in common’, ‘joint(ly)’, ‘reciprocally’. In math. repr. complement, in the sense ‘ … of the complement’, ‘complement of … ’, as in COSINE, etc.
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T. F. HOAD. "co-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "co-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-co.html T. F. HOAD. "co-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-co.html |
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co- See COM-.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "co-." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "co-." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-co.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "co-." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-co.html |
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