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geometric progression

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
ge-o-met-ric pro-gres-sion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by multiplying it by a constant value, known as the common ratio of the geometric progression.

Inflected Forms

geometric progressions (plural)

Phrases

geometric series

Frequently Paired Words

geometric series arithmetic progression

Synonyms

geometric sequence

Questions

What does geometric progression mean?
A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by multiplying it by a constant value, known as the common ratio of the geometric progression.

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