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catalecticant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
catalec-ti-cant
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polynomial in the coefficients of a form of even degree that vanishes when the form is a sum of an unusually small number of powers of linear forms.

Etymology

From catalectic + -ant, coined by James Joseph Sylvester in 1852.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

catalecticants (plural)

Questions

What does catalecticant mean?
A polynomial in the coefficients of a form of even degree that vanishes when the form is a sum of an unusually small number of powers of linear forms.
Where does catalecticant come from?
From catalectic + -ant, coined by James Joseph Sylvester in 1852.

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