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fermi

/ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
fer-mi
IPA
/ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).

name

A surname from Italian.

Countable; Uncountable

name

The physicist Enrico Fermi

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fermis (plural) Fermies (plural)

Derived Forms

Fermian Fermiology fermion fermium

Phrases

Fermi bubble Fermi-Dirac statistics Fermi energy Fermi estimate Fermi-Kurie plot Fermi paradox Fermi question Fermi surface

Synonyms

femtometer femtometre

Rhymes With

hermie

Questions

How do you pronounce fermi?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi/.
What does fermi mean?
An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).
Where does fermi come from?
Named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi.

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