Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delian problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: delian prob-lem
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The problem of duplication of the cube.

Etymology

The citizens of ancient Delos are said to have been told by the Delphic oracle to double the size of their altar to Apollo, which was a regular cube.

Inflected Forms

Delian problems (plural)

Questions

What does delian problem mean?: The problem of duplication of the cube.
Where does delian problem come from?: The citizens of ancient Delos are said to have been told by the Delphic oracle to double the size of their altar to Apollo, which was a regular cube.

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