Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hockey stick curve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: hock-ey -stick- curve
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.

Example Sentences

"This same narrative is parroted by the government. But there is nothing natural about it. This is climate change in action, and pretending we aren’t experiencing a climate catastrophe right now is dangerously irresponsible. Remember, we are only at the beginning of the hockey stick curve. Things are going to get much worse."

Inflected Forms

hockey stick curves (plural)

Questions

What does hockey stick curve mean?: A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.

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