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crookesian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crooke-sian
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist who worked on spectroscopy and was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Crookes + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Crookesian (comparative) most Crookesian (superlative)

Questions

What does crookesian mean?
Of or relating to Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist who worked on spectroscopy and was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube.
Where does crookesian come from?
From Crookes + -ian.

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