Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hauptvermutung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hauptver-mu-tung
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conjecture, now proven false, that any two triangulations of a triangulable space have a common refinement, a single triangulation that is a subdivision of both of them.

Etymology

From German Hauptvermutung, from haupt- (“main, chief, primary”) + Vermutung (“conjecture”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Hauptvermutung

Questions

What does hauptvermutung mean?: The conjecture, now proven false, that any two triangulations of a triangulable space have a common refinement, a single triangulation that is a subdivision of both of them.
Where does hauptvermutung come from?: It is traced to German.

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