Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turmite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tur-mite
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-dimensional variant of a Turing machine in which the head has an orientation in addition to a position and state.

Etymology

Blend of Turing + termite. Coined by Canadian mathematics writer A. K. Dewdney in 1989.

Inflected Forms

turmites (plural)

Questions

What does turmite mean?: A two-dimensional variant of a Turing machine in which the head has an orientation in addition to a position and state.
Where does turmite come from?: Blend of Turing + termite. Coined by Canadian mathematics writer A. K. Dewdney in 1989.

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