Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extracrystalline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tracrys-talline
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.

Example Sentences

"extracrystalline water"
"Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite."
"The response curve for a liquid phase ZLC system has approximately the form of a two time-constant process with the faster process corresponding to the convective washout of the extracrystalline fluid (purging of the cell and detector) and the slower process corresponding to the desorption process."

Etymology

From extra- + crystalline.

Frequently Paired Words

intracrystalline

Questions

What does extracrystalline mean?: Pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.
Where does extracrystalline come from?: From extra- + crystalline.

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