Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degenerate matter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: de-gen-er-ate -mat-ter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does degenerate matter mean?: matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.

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