Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cominuscule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: comi-nus-cule
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.

Example Sentences

"We show how to reduce the nonlinear Wei-Norman equations, expressing the solution of a linear system of non-autonomous equations on a Lie algebra, to a hierarchy of matrix Riccati equations using the cominuscule induction."

Etymology

From co- + minuscule.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co

Questions

What does cominuscule mean?: Pertaining to an associated simple root that occurs with coefficient 1 in the highest root of a subgroup.
Where does cominuscule come from?: From co- + minuscule.

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