Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harmonic number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: har-mon-ic num-ber
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a series of numbers formed from the sum of the reciprocals of consecutive natural numbers

Example Sentences

"The fourth harmonic number has a value of H_3=∑ₖ₌₁³1/k=1/1+1/2+1/3=1 5/6."

Inflected Forms

harmonic numbers (plural)

Questions

What does harmonic number mean?: Any of a series of numbers formed from the sum of the reciprocals of consecutive natural numbers

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