Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zygonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zy-go-nic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the theory that imitation is the ultimate organising force in music.

Example Sentences

"The following account of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata K.333, which focuses largely on the opening bars, is intended to demonstrate zygonic theory in action in a music-analytical context."
"Half arrowheads are indicative of difference and are used in a zygonic context to show approximate imitation."
"This research showed that a zygonic approach could provide an intuitively persuasive metric for the fluctuating patterns of musical influence as they unfolded, event by event."

Etymology

Introduced by Adam Ockelford, from Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, “yoke”) + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ic

Frequently Paired Words

zygon

Questions

What does zygonic mean?: Of or relating to the theory that imitation is the ultimate organising force in music.
Where does zygonic come from?: Introduced by Adam Ockelford, from Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, “yoke”) + -ic.

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