multifilamentary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of more than one filament.
Example Sentences
- "Iron-based superconductors have been considered to be very promising in high-field applications, for which multifilamentary wire and tape conductors with high mechanical strength are essential."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English filamentary English multifilamentary From multi- + filamentary.