rootmeansquare
The word 'root-mean-square' is a compound term consisting of three syllables: root-mean-square. Primary stress falls on 'root', with secondary stress on 'mean'. Each syllable is formed according to standard English syllabification rules, based on vowel sounds and onset-rime structure.
Definitions
- 1
A statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity.
“The root-mean-square error was calculated.”
syn:effective value
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable ('root'), secondary stress on the second syllable ('mean'), and no stress on the third syllable ('square').
Syllables
root — Open syllable, primary stress.. mean — Open syllable, secondary stress.. square — Open syllable, unstressed.
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