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rutherfordian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ruther-for-dian
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or in the style of any of various persons and institutions named Rutherford.

adj

Of or pertaining to Ernest Rutherford, his planetary model of the atom (called the Rutherford model), or predictions made on the basis of this model.

Etymology

From Rutherford + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Rutherfordian (comparative) most Rutherfordian (superlative)

Questions

What does rutherfordian mean?
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of any of various persons and institutions named Rutherford.
Where does rutherfordian come from?
From Rutherford + -ian.

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