ultima
/ˈʌltɪmə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vomma with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
Uncountable
name
The larger lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.
Example Sentences
- "For the purposes of discussion, MU₆₉’s larger and smaller lobes have been informally designated “Ultima” and “Thule,” respectively, by the New Horizons team. Ultima and Thule have best-fit measured diameters of ~19.5 and ~14.2km, respectively, with errors of only a few percent at this time."
- "Ultima and Thule have similar colors with measured albedos ∼0.06, indicating that UT is a typical member of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt class of objects."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
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