Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winding number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: wind-ing num-ber
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The total number of times a given curve travels counterclockwise around a specified point.

Inflected Forms

winding numbers (plural)

Questions

What does winding number mean?: The total number of times a given curve travels counterclockwise around a specified point.

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