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ephemeralization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ephemer-al-iza-tion
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of making something ephemeral.

Uncountable

noun

A technological progression towards being able to do more and more work with fewer resources.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ization. In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.

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Questions

What does ephemeralization mean?
The process of making something ephemeral.
Where does ephemeralization come from?
From ephemeral + -ization. In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.

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