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jellium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jel-li-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantum mechanical model of a "gas" of electrons

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English jellium From jelly + -ium.

Inflected Forms

jelliums (plural) jellia (plural)

Questions

What does jellium mean?
A quantum mechanical model of a "gas" of electrons
Where does jellium come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English jellium From jelly + -ium.

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