Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

micromechanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cromech-a-nism
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism English micromechanism From micro- + mechanism.

Inflected Forms

micromechanisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

micromechanical micromechanics

Questions

What does micromechanism mean?: Any mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter
Where does micromechanism come from?: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism English micromechanism From micro- + mechanism.

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