Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whirling table

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: whirling table
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena, such as centrifugal force.

Dated

noun

A potter's wheel.

Dated

Example Sentences

"In this centrifugal balance, as in all apparatus of its type, the precise speed at which the whirling table is propelled is unimportant for the reasons already given. It is, however, necessary that the velocity should be steady, i.e., the whirling table should not be undergoing acceleration when the experiment is made."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

whirling tables (plural)

Questions

What does whirling table mean?: An apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena, such as centrifugal force.

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