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Eat

Action · Eridian chord · 먹다, 먹어

In the Eridian chord language from Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, the concept eat (먹다, 먹어) is spoken as a 3-note chord rather than spelled out letter by letter. Eridians communicate by sounding musical notes simultaneously, so “eat” is heard as E3, A3, E4, over 0.4 seconds.

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Englisheat, food-eat
Korean (한국어)먹다, 먹어
CategoryAction
ChordE3A3E4
Frequencies164.81, 220.00, 329.63 Hz
Notes in chord3-note
Duration0.4 seconds

How “eat” sounds in Eridian

“eat” is built from 3 notes — E3, A3, E4 (164.81, 220.00, 329.63 Hz) — sounded for 0.4 seconds. The notes sound together as a single steady cluster. It belongs to the action category, which collects verbs and actions. In English it covers eat, food-eat; in Korean it maps to 먹다, 먹어.

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