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rhamphoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rham-phoid
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a cusp: defined by the equation (y-x²)²=x⁵, which is parametrized by (t²,t⁴+t⁵); having two branches with concavity in the same direction.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “beak”) + -oid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does rhamphoid mean?
Of a cusp: defined by the equation (y-x²)²=x⁵, which is parametrized by (t²,t⁴+t⁵); having two branches with concavity in the same direction.
Where does rhamphoid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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