Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

table-maker's dilemma

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: table--mak-er's dilem-ma
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.

Etymology

Coined by William M. Kahan, in allusion to the construction of mathematical tables.

Inflected Forms

the table-maker's dilemma (canonical)

Questions

What does table-maker's dilemma mean?: The problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.
Where does table-maker's dilemma come from?: Coined by William M. Kahan, in allusion to the construction of mathematical tables.

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