Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertical deflection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: ver-ti-cal de-flec-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of how far the direction of the local gravity field has been shifted at a certain point on the Earth by local anomalies such as nearby mountains.

Inflected Forms

vertical deflections (plural)

Questions

What does vertical deflection mean?: A measure of how far the direction of the local gravity field has been shifted at a certain point on the Earth by local anomalies such as nearby mountains.

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