Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaddition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quad-di-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

quus

Questions

What does quaddition mean?: An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

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