Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stone tape theory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: stone -tape the-o-ry
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The idea that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings, and that electrical mental impressions released during emotional or traumatic events can somehow be "stored" in stone and other materials and "replayed" under certain conditions.

Inflected Forms

the stone tape theory (canonical) stone tape theories (plural)

Questions

What does stone tape theory mean?: The idea that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings, and that electrical mental impressions released during emotional or traumatic events can somehow be "stored" in stone and other materials and "replayed" under certain conditions.

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