Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cantorian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-to-ri-an
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.

adj

Smaller than its own power set; satisfying Cantor's theorem.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Cantor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cantorian From Cantor + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Cantorian (comparative) most Cantorian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Cantorianly

Questions

What does cantorian mean?: Of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.
Where does cantorian come from?: Etymology tree English Cantor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cantorian From Cantor + -ian.

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