Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kissing number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: kiss-ing num-ber
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

For a given space, the maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can be arranged in that space such that they each touch a common unit sphere.

Inflected Forms

kissing numbers (plural)

Synonyms

contact number Newton number

Questions

What does kissing number mean?: For a given space, the maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can be arranged in that space such that they each touch a common unit sphere.

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