Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudotensor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-doten-sor
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English tensor English pseudotensor From pseudo- + tensor.

Inflected Forms

pseudotensors (plural)

Phrases

Einstein pseudotensor Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor

Rhymes With

spencer sensor censor tensor condenser spenser fencer extensor censer suspenser flenser hypertensor

Questions

What does pseudotensor mean?: A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.
Where does pseudotensor come from?: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English tensor English pseudotensor From pseudo- + tensor.

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