Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypersurface

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-sur-face
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A n-dimensional surface in a space (often a Euclidean space) of dimension n+1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English hypersurface From hyper- + surface.

Inflected Forms

hypersurfaces (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hyperplane

Questions

What does hypersurface mean?: A n-dimensional surface in a space (often a Euclidean space) of dimension n+1
Where does hypersurface come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English hypersurface From hyper- + surface.

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