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inspiral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
in-spi-ral
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the paths of a pair of astronomical bodies (e.g. binary stars or black holes) that are spiralling in towards each other, losing energy to gravitational waves.

noun

The path of such a body.

verb

To spiral inward.

Etymology

From in- + spiral.

Inflected Forms

inspirals (plural) inspirals (present, singular) inspiraling (US, participle) inspiralling (UK, participle) inspiraled (US, participle) inspiraled (US, past) inspiralled (UK, participle) inspiralled (UK, past)

Questions

What does inspiral mean?
Describing the paths of a pair of astronomical bodies (e.g. binary stars or black holes) that are spiralling in towards each other, losing energy to gravitational waves.
Where does inspiral come from?
From in- + spiral.

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