Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collectionally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-lec-tion-al-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Pertaining to collections (sets of pitch classes)

Example Sentences

"Moreover, any available sixth within each such collection (and collectionally distinct patch or passage) may link with any other."
"Was Carter in fact thinking collectionally at all in the works of his early period."
"In this way, the problem posed by incomplete or deformed versions of the ideal shape earlier in the piece is solved, by means of one of the techniques that originally contributed to the deformity in the first place (i.e., giving order positions 1,2 and 3,4 of the nexachord as verticals in rows that are collectionally invariant according to the pattern given in section b of Example 4.5)."

Etymology

From collectional + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: collectional

Inflected Forms

more collectionally (comparative) most collectionally (superlative)

Questions

What does collectionally mean?: Pertaining to collections (sets of pitch classes)
Where does collectionally come from?: From collectional + -ly.

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