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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.] A thing (only in phrase below). {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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coss n : an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities [syn: {kos}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: COSS {Common Object Services Specification} in {CORBA}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: COSS Common Object Services Specification
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