Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eigenworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eigen-worm
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the fundamental movements that make up the wiggles of a worm

Example Sentences

"This extends the applicability of the eigenworm representation and provides a common and compact basis for capturing worm postures."
"This suggests that there is some relevant information that is lost in the eigenworm transform."
"[…]They illustrated the power of this approach by analyzing the behavior of mutant strains of C. elegans, which did not differ in their classical behaviors as defined via traditional ethograms , but they did differ substan- tially in the detailed statistics of their behavior , as quantified by projecting their behavior onto a 4D eigenworm space."

Etymology

From eigen- + worm.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: eigen

Inflected Forms

eigenworms (plural)

Questions

What does eigenworm mean?: Any of the fundamental movements that make up the wiggles of a worm
Where does eigenworm come from?: From eigen- + worm.

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