Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdispersed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-dis-persed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Less than normally dispersed

Example Sentences

"Moreover, their interspike-time and count distributions are well described by underdispersed gamma processes, indicating regularity in the release patterns."

Etymology

From under- + dispersed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Questions

What does underdispersed mean?: Less than normally dispersed
Where does underdispersed come from?: From under- + dispersed.

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