Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oddo-harkins rule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: odd-o-harkin-s rule
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a rule which states that elements that have an even number of protons in the nucleus are more common than those with an odd number

Etymology

First reported by Giuseppe Oddo in 1914 and William Draper Harkins in 1917.

Questions

What does oddo-harkins rule mean?: a rule which states that elements that have an even number of protons in the nucleus are more common than those with an odd number
Where does oddo-harkins rule come from?: First reported by Giuseppe Oddo in 1914 and William Draper Harkins in 1917.

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