Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercycle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-cy-cle
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.

noun

A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self-organization of prebiotic systems.

Etymology

From hyper- + cycle.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hypercycles (plural)

Synonyms

hypercircle equidistant curve

Questions

What does hypercycle mean?
A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.
Where does hypercycle come from?
From hyper- + cycle.

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