Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perceptronium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-cep-tro-n-i-um
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Physics (he also spoke at the New York event), has proposed that there is a state of matter — like solid, liquid and gas — that he calls perceptronium: atoms arranged so they can process information and give rise to subjectivity."

Etymology

Coined by the physicist Max Tegmark, from perceptron + -ium.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: perceptron

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

computronium

Questions

What does perceptronium mean?: A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.
Where does perceptronium come from?: Coined by the physicist Max Tegmark, from perceptron + -ium.

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