Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zodi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zo-di
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.

Example Sentences

"[…] an exozodiacal dust disk with 3 zodis of material has been added. […] Measuring exozodiacal dust to levels of 1 to 10 zodi in the habitable zones of nearby stars is critical […]"
""... reaching levels below 1 zodi for stars within 10 pc.""
"[…] for a wide range in exozodiacal background levels (epsilon = 1-100 times the local zodi brightness) and overall prevalence […]"

Etymology

Related to zodiac.

Inflected Forms

zodis (plural)

Questions

What does zodi mean?: A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.
Where does zodi come from?: Related to zodiac.

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