Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intertube

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-tube
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between or among tubes or nanotubes.

Example Sentences

"If the intertube interactions are negligibly small, the electronic band structure along any line in the Brillouin zone parallel to the rope axis would be exactly the same as that of an isolated tube."

Etymology

From inter- + tube.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Frequently Paired Words

innertube Intertubes intratube

Questions

What does intertube mean?: Between or among tubes or nanotubes.
Where does intertube come from?: From inter- + tube.

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