Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avalanche effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: avalanche -ef-fect
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A property of some cipher systems in which a small change in the input results in a very large change in the output.

noun

The rapid increase in the number of free electrons in a gas subjected to a strong electric field.

Inflected Forms

avalanche effects (plural)

Questions

What does avalanche effect mean?: A property of some cipher systems in which a small change in the input results in a very large change in the output.

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