Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lotka-volterra equation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: lotka--volter-ra e-qua-tion
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of first-order nonlinear differential equations that are frequently used to describe the dynamics of biological systems in which two species interact, one as a predator and the other as prey.

Inflected Forms

Lotka-Volterra equations (plural)

Synonyms

predator-prey equation

Questions

What does lotka-volterra equation mean?: Either of a pair of first-order nonlinear differential equations that are frequently used to describe the dynamics of biological systems in which two species interact, one as a predator and the other as prey.

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