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russell's teapot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
rus-sel-l's teapot
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A china teapot which hypothetically orbits the Sun between Earth and Mars, which is too small to be detected by telescopes but cannot be proven not to exist.

Etymology

From a teapot described in an article written in 1952 by Bertrand Russell, Is There a God?.

Synonyms

celestial teapot cosmic teapot

Questions

What does russell's teapot mean?
A china teapot which hypothetically orbits the Sun between Earth and Mars, which is too small to be detected by telescopes but cannot be proven not to exist.
Where does russell's teapot come from?
From a teapot described in an article written in 1952 by Bertrand Russell, Is There a God?.

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