Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

itinerance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: itin-er-ance
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material

Example Sentences

"Their precise role in the interplay between itinerance and localisation, long known to underpin Mottness in d-band oxides, has however received much less attention."

Etymology

From French itinérance. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ance.

Inflected Forms

itinerances (plural)

Questions

What does itinerance mean?: The (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material
Where does itinerance come from?: From French itinérance. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ance.

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