Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligocrystalline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oligocrys-talline
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a few columnar grains parallel to its longitudinal axis

Example Sentences

"When Chen et al. (2015, Acta Mater. 87, 78-85) investigated the deformation behavior of oligocrystalline gold microwires with varying diameters in both uniaxial tension and torsion, contrary size effects were observed for the different load cases."

Etymology

From oligo- + crystalline.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oligo

Questions

What does oligocrystalline mean?: Having a few columnar grains parallel to its longitudinal axis
Where does oligocrystalline come from?: From oligo- + crystalline.

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