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lucas number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
lu-cas num-ber
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of an integer sequence that has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, i.e. each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values such that the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio.

Etymology

Named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas.

Inflected Forms

Lucas numbers (plural)

Phrases

Lucas sequence

Frequently Paired Words

Lucas sequence

Questions

What does lucas number mean?
Any member of an integer sequence that has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, i.e. each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values such that the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio.
Where does lucas number come from?
Named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas.

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