eptameride
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1963, Scripta Mathematica, vol. 1, page 296, ISSN 0036-9713. Later he spoke of "subdividing each Eptameride into ten parts, called Decamerides." But he did not use this more subtle division in practice."
- "The second contribution of Sauveur is the development of a more exact method of computing intervals based upon logarithmic numbers which he terms merides, eptamerides and decamerides."
- "1991, Theoria, vol. 5-6, page 26, ISSN 1554-1312. The interval of the fifth, it will be recalled, contains 176 eptamerides or 25 merides (plus 1 eptameride)."
- "The Merides were divided into seven parts called Eptamerides. For more subtle distinctions, Sauveur suggested using Decamerides, 10 of which comprised one Eptameride."
Etymology
From epta- + meride.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: epta