rudolphine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612).
adj
Designating a set of astronomical calculations computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe (both of whom had Rudolf II as patron).
Example Sentences
- "This hunt was both a classic Rudolfine conceit and at the heart of the mystery of Rudolf. Did he often go hunting with cheetahs?"
- "Moreover, like Horrocks, Wendelin improved on the Rudolphine values of the mean solar distances of Mercury and Venus: 0.38711 and 0.72343 as compared with Kepler's 0.38808 and 0.72413 […]."