# erlang

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #67,415

## Definitions
1. A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.

## Etymology
Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/erlang