Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assortativeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sor-ta-tive-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or degree of being assortative.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Accordingly, we varied HIV transmission probability per coital act, duration of each HIV stage, frequency of coital acts per HIV stage, duration of partnership, degree of assortativeness, scale parameter in the gamma distribution of the population across the risk groups, and exponent parameter in the power-law function of the distribution of sexual-risk behavior."

Etymology

From assortative + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: assortative

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

disassortativeness

Questions

What does assortativeness mean?: The quality or degree of being assortative.
Where does assortativeness come from?: From assortative + -ness.

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