Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnetotropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mag-ne-totropism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Growth or motion in response to magnetic fields.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English -tropism English magnetotropism From magneto- + -tropism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

magnetotropisms (plural)

Questions

What does magnetotropism mean?
Growth or motion in response to magnetic fields.
Where does magnetotropism come from?
Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English -tropism English magnetotropism From magneto- + -tropism.

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