Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloaking device

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
cloak-ing de-vice
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device which renders a person or thing invisible.

Example Sentences

Etymology

1968. Coined by D. C. Fontana in the script for the Star Trek episode The Enterprise Incident.

Inflected Forms

cloaking devices (plural)

Derived Forms

decloak

Questions

What does cloaking device mean?
A device which renders a person or thing invisible.
Where does cloaking device come from?
1968. Coined by D. C. Fontana in the script for the Star Trek episode The Enterprise Incident.

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