Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tipping element

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: tip-ping ele-ment
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Large-scale components of the Earth climate system that may pass a tipping point.

Example Sentences

"Accordingly, ice is a tipping element that responds abruptly to changes across this tipping point. Trespassing the tipping point for phase transition from ice to liquid water sets all the other tipping elements contained in the Arctic region in motion […]"

Etymology

Introduced in a 2008 paper.

Inflected Forms

tipping elements (plural)

Questions

What does tipping element mean?: Large-scale components of the Earth climate system that may pass a tipping point.
Where does tipping element come from?: Introduced in a 2008 paper.

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