Coss

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coss \Coss\ (k[o^]s), n. [Cf. Pers. k[=o]s a road measure of
     about two miles; or Skr. kr[=o][,c]a.]
     A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to
     two English miles. --Whitworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.]
     A thing (only in phrase below).
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     {Rule of Coss}, an old name for Algebra. [It. regola di cosa
        rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa,
        or the thing.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coss
       n : an Indian unit of length having different values in
           different localities [syn: {kos}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  COSS
       Common Object Services Specification
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  COSS
       
          {Common Object Services Specification} in {CORBA}.