Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microfractographic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-crofrac-to-graph-ic
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to microfractography.

Example Sentences

"A detailed microfractographic study was carried out of near-threshold fatigue cracking in f.c.c. 316 stainless steel […]"
"New possibilities of the microfractographic method, especially in technical aspects, have been demonstrated (1960) by Forsyth and Ryder in the United Kingdom, examining fatigue fracture surfaces of light alloys."
"The microfractographic details are usually hidden by the thick oxide layer, in particular in case of aggressive high-sulfur crack crevice conditions, and corrosion during prolonged oxidation times (> ~ 100 h) may completely mask or destroy the previously formed fractographic details."

Etymology

From micro- + fractography + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro
Suffix: fractography

Inflected Forms

micro-fractographic (alternative) micro fractographic (alternative)

Questions

What does microfractographic mean?: Of or pertaining to microfractography.
Where does microfractographic come from?: From micro- + fractography + -ic.

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