Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rheonomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rheon-o-my
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of a mechanical system whose whose equations of constraints contain time as an explicit variable.

Etymology

Attributed to Boltzmann. By surface analysis, rheo- + -nomy.

Derived Forms

rheonomic rheonomous

Frequently Paired Words

scleronomy

Questions

What does rheonomy mean?: The state of a mechanical system whose whose equations of constraints contain time as an explicit variable.
Where does rheonomy come from?: Attributed to Boltzmann. By surface analysis, rheo- + -nomy.

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