Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tappigraphy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tap-pig-ra-phy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We compared two standard methods used to estimate sleep with that of a new tappigraphy-based algorithm based on the gaps in smartphone usage. Pooling all of the measurements together (by concatenating the sleep-related estimates obtained from each participant), we found strong correlations between the putative sleep times determined by actigraphy versus tappigraphy"
"Tappigraphy has also uncovered associations between sleep patterns and mental health."
"This year Ghosh published a small clinical study of people with epilepsy that shows how subtle changes in smartphone tappigraphy alone could be used to infer abnormalities in their brainwaves."

Etymology

From tap + -i- + -graphy. Coined by Anna Kutschireiter circa 2019.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tappigraphy mean?: The analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.
Where does tappigraphy come from?: From tap + -i- + -graphy. Coined by Anna Kutschireiter circa 2019.

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