Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tribonacci

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-bonac-ci
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A variant of the Fibonacci sequence in which the preceding three terms, rather than the preceding two, are summed at each iteration.

Example Sentences

"Elite uses a pseudorandom number generator based on Tribonacci numbers. Unlike Fibonacci numbers, where the nth term in the series is based on the previous two terms, Tribonacci numbers use the previous three terms: […]"

Etymology

Blend of tri- + Fibonacci.

Questions

What does tribonacci mean?: A variant of the Fibonacci sequence in which the preceding three terms, rather than the preceding two, are summed at each iteration.
Where does tribonacci come from?: Blend of tri- + Fibonacci.

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