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shannonian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shan-non-i-an
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.

Etymology

From Shannon + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Shannonian (comparative) most Shannonian (superlative)

Questions

What does shannonian mean?
Of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.
Where does shannonian come from?
From Shannon + -ian.

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