e-fold
/ˈiːfoʊld/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Multiplied by e.
adj
Conferring multiplication by e.
adv
e times.
noun
A multiplication by a power of e.
Example Sentences
- "Thus, over the scale time, there is an e-fold likelihood of increase as compared to decrease."
- "So while some vertices have two children and others three, in the long run we can expect e-fold branching."
- "An obvious difference between plateau-like models like this and the simplest inflationary models, like V(#92;phi)#61;#92;lambda#92;phi⁴, is that the simplest models require only one parameter and absolutely no tuning of parameters to obtain 60 or more e-folds of inflation, while the plateau-like models require three or more parameters and must be fine-tuned to obtain even a minimal amount of inflation."
Etymology
From translingual e + -fold.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈiːfoʊld/
- British English: /ˈiːfəʊld/