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dimorphos

/daɪˈmɔːɹfəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-mor-phos
IPA
/daɪˈmɔːɹfəs/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The moon of the binary asteroid Didymos.

Etymology

From translingual Dimorphos, from Ancient Greek δίμορφος (dímorphos), from δί- (dí-)+μορφή (morphḗ)+-ος (-os); Literally, “having two forms”. From being the target of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) space mission, which impacted its surface, thereby having a form prior to the impact and another after the impact. Compare English dimorphous, Latin dimorphus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Dimorphos, δίμορφος

Synonyms

65803 Didymos B Didymos B Didymos I 65803 Didymos I Dimorphos Didymos I Dimorphos 65803 I Dimorphos Didimoon Didymoon S 2003 (65803) 1 2003 (65803) 1 Dimorphos 2003 Didymos 1

Questions

How do you pronounce dimorphos?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈmɔːɹfəs/.
What does dimorphos mean?
The moon of the binary asteroid Didymos.
Where does dimorphos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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