Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cayleyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cay-leyan
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Arthur Cayley (1821–1895), British mathematician.

noun

A variety associated to a hypersurface.

Etymology

From Cayley + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Cayley

Inflected Forms

more Cayleyan (comparative) most Cayleyan (superlative) Cayleyans (plural)

Questions

What does cayleyan mean?: Of or relating to Arthur Cayley (1821–1895), British mathematician.
Where does cayleyan come from?: From Cayley + -an.

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