Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

totient

/ˈtoʊʃənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-tient
IPA: /ˈtoʊʃənt/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.

Etymology

From Latin totiēns (“so many times, so often”). Coined by English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1879.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: totiēns

Inflected Forms

totients (plural)

Derived Forms

cototient

Phrases

Euler's totient function

Rhymes With

quotient

Questions

How do you pronounce totient?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtoʊʃənt/.
What does totient mean?: The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.
Where does totient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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