Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keyness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: key-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The degree to which something is key, or important.

Uncountable

noun

The statistical significance of a keyword's frequency in a given corpus, relative to a reference corpus.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The keyness of a summarizing symbol derives from the relative fundamentality (or ultimacy) of the meanings which it formulates, relative to other meanings of the system."
"This was one of the weakest keywords that was found, with a keyness of 24.9."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English keyness From key + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

low-keyness

Frequently Paired Words

low-keyness Keynes

Questions

What does keyness mean?: The degree to which something is key, or important.
Where does keyness come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English keyness From key + -ness.

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