Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

femtoradian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fem-tora-di-an
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One quadrillionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a radian.

Example Sentences

"Of particular interest, we measured the angular deflection of a mirror down to 560 femtoradians and showed the signal to noise ratio to be amplified by a factor of 150."

Etymology

From femto- + radian.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: femto

Inflected Forms

femtoradians (plural)

Questions

What does femtoradian mean?: One quadrillionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a radian.
Where does femtoradian come from?: From femto- + radian.

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