Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zitterbewegung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zit-ter-be-we-gung
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely fast oscillation of free electrons (and other particles) predicted by some solutions of the Dirac equation

Uncountable

Etymology

From German zittern (“to tremble, jitter”) + Bewegung (“motion”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: zittern

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zitterbewegung mean?: An extremely fast oscillation of free electrons (and other particles) predicted by some solutions of the Dirac equation
Where does zitterbewegung come from?: It is traced to German.

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