Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hailstone number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: hail-stone num-ber
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.

Informal

Etymology

The numbers are likened to hailstones because they "bounce" up and down before settling.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

hailstone numbers (plural)

Questions

What does hailstone number mean?: Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.
Where does hailstone number come from?: The numbers are likened to hailstones because they "bounce" up and down before settling.

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