Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burstwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: burst-wise
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking place in bursts.

Example Sentences

"Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. […] And they also interact with the external surroundings to produce in toto a burstwise advance in evolution that is far beyond anything to hit the evolutionary scene yet, including the emergence of the living cell."

Etymology

From burst + -wise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: burst

Questions

What does burstwise mean?: Taking place in bursts.
Where does burstwise come from?: From burst + -wise.

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