enantiotropism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The reversible transformation of a crystal between different forms when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.
Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree English enantiotrope Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English enantiotropism From enantiotrope + -ism.