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Thurstonian

UK/θɜːsˈtəʊ.ni.ən/US/θɝsˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Thurstonian adjective: of or relating to Louis Leon Thurstone (1887–1955), American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.

Adjective

Thurstonian (comparative more Thurstonian, superlative most Thurstonian)

  1. Of or relating to Louis Leon Thurstone (1887–1955), American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.

Forms of Thurstonian

comparativemore Thurstonian
superlativemost Thurstonian

Origin of Thurstonian

From Thurstone + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Thurstonian

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Questions about Thurstonian

What does Thurstonian mean?
Thurstonian means of or relating to Louis Leon Thurstone (1887–1955), American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.
What part of speech is Thurstonian?
Thurstonian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Thurstonian?
Thurstonian is pronounced /θɜːsˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Thurstonian in the dictionary

  1. Thurstaston
  2. Thurston
  3. Thurston County
  4. Thurston's geometrization conjecture
  5. Thurstone
  6. Thurstonian
  7. Thurstonland
  8. thursts
  9. thursty
  10. Thurvaston
  11. thus

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