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bacon number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
ba-con num-ber
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

noun

A number defined such that someone who knows (defined to various strictnesses) Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, someone who knows somebody with a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

Bacon numbers (plural)

Phrases

Erdős number

Frequently Paired Words

Erdős number

Questions

What does bacon number mean?
A number defined such that an actor who has acted in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon number of 1, an actor who has acted in a film with somebody having a Bacon number of 1 has a Bacon number of 2, and so on.

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