Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

q-value

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: q--val-ue
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the communicative utility of a human language, computed as the product of the language's centrality and its prevalence.

Etymology

From communication value; coined by Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan.

Inflected Forms

Q-values (plural)

Questions

What does q-value mean?: A measure of the communicative utility of a human language, computed as the product of the language's centrality and its prevalence.
Where does q-value come from?: From communication value; coined by Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan.

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