Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ulam spiral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: ulam spi-ral
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graphical depiction of the set of prime numbers, constructed by writing the positive integers in a square spiral and specially marking the primes.

Etymology

Devised by mathematician Stanislaw Ulam in 1963.

Inflected Forms

Ulam spirals (plural)

Questions

What does ulam spiral mean?: A graphical depiction of the set of prime numbers, constructed by writing the positive integers in a square spiral and specially marking the primes.
Where does ulam spiral come from?: Devised by mathematician Stanislaw Ulam in 1963.

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