Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wagon-wheel effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: wag-on-wheel -ef-fect
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation, sometimes caused by stroboscopic effects.

Inflected Forms

wagon-wheel effects (plural)

Questions

What does wagon-wheel effect mean?: An optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation, sometimes caused by stroboscopic effects.

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