Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de sitter space

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: de sit-ter s-pace
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of the sphere in ordinary Euclidean space.

Etymology

Named after Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), professor of astronomy.

Inflected Forms

de Sitter spaces (plural)

Questions

What does de sitter space mean?: A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of the sphere in ordinary Euclidean space.
Where does de sitter space come from?: Named after Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), professor of astronomy.

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