Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thant
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An n-dimensional generalization of the quadrant (in two-dimensional Cartesian space) and octant (in three-dimensional space).

Example Sentences

"Consider preferences defined over the nonnegative orthant by (x#95;1,x#95;2)#92;succ(y#95;1,y#95;2) if x#95;1#43;x#95;2lt;y#95;1#43;y#95;2 […]"

Inflected Forms

orthants (plural)

Derived Forms

orthoplex

Synonyms

hyperoctant

Questions

What does orthant mean?: An n-dimensional generalization of the quadrant (in two-dimensional Cartesian space) and octant (in three-dimensional space).

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