Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leibniz wheel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: leib-niz wheel
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cylinder with a set of teeth of incremental lengths which, when coupled to a counting wheel, can be used in the calculating engine of a class of mechanical calculators.

Etymology

Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1673.

Inflected Forms

Leibniz wheels (plural)

Questions

What does leibniz wheel mean?: A cylinder with a set of teeth of incremental lengths which, when coupled to a counting wheel, can be used in the calculating engine of a class of mechanical calculators.
Where does leibniz wheel come from?: Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1673.

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