murmuration

Signification (Anglais)

  1. An act or instance of murmuring.
  2. A flock of starlings.
  3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system.

Concepts

Traductions

μουρμούρισμα

تمْتمة

murmuri

barboteig

دمْدمة

xiu-xiu

xiu-xiueig

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌmɝməˈɹeɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)

1350–1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”). The “flock of starlings” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.

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