Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relative time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: rel-a-tive -time
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The physical subdivision of the Earth's geology and the time and order of events which they represent.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

relative times (plural)

Questions

What does relative time mean?: The physical subdivision of the Earth's geology and the time and order of events which they represent.

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