Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biorientation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bior-i-en-ta-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The orientation of chromosomes to opposite poles of the bipolar spindle before cell division.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English orientation English biorientation From bi- + orientation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

biorientations (plural)

Questions

What does biorientation mean?: The orientation of chromosomes to opposite poles of the bipolar spindle before cell division.
Where does biorientation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English orientation English biorientation From bi- + orientation.

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