Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dethreading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-thread-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English threading English dethreading From de- + threading.

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Questions

What does dethreading mean?
Any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted.
Where does dethreading come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English threading English dethreading From de- + threading.

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