Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasiperiodic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: quasiperi-od-ic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.

adj

Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.

adj

Having two unrelated periods.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English per- English iodic English periodic English quasiperiodic From quasi- + periodic.

Inflected Forms

more quasiperiodic (comparative) most quasiperiodic (superlative) quasi-periodic (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonquasiperiodic quasiperiodically quasiperiodicity

Questions

What does quasiperiodic mean?: Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
Where does quasiperiodic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English per- English iodic English periodic English quasiperiodic From quasi- + periodic.

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