Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tea leaf paradox

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: tea leaf -para-dox
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The phenomenon whereby tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred (due to friction towards the bottom), rather than being forced to the edges, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge.

Inflected Forms

the tea leaf paradox (canonical)

Questions

What does tea leaf paradox mean?: The phenomenon whereby tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred (due to friction towards the bottom), rather than being forced to the edges, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge.

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