Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doomsday rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: dooms-day rule
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An algorithm for determining the weekday on which a given date falls, based on certain easily-remembered dates called "doomsdays".

Inflected Forms

the doomsday rule (canonical)

Synonyms

doomsday algorithm doomsday method

Questions

What does doomsday rule mean?: An algorithm for determining the weekday on which a given date falls, based on certain easily-remembered dates called "doomsdays".

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