Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperalkaline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-al-ka-line
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

More than usually alkaline

Example Sentences

"More recently, it has been shown that an alkaliphilic inoculum from a 100 year old, hyperalkaline, lime kiln waste site [27 ] where ISA is generated in-situ [28 ] was capable of ISA degradation under a range of conditions [28, 29 ] above pH 9.0."

Etymology

From hyper- + alkaline.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Questions

What does hyperalkaline mean?: More than usually alkaline
Where does hyperalkaline come from?: From hyper- + alkaline.

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