Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optacon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: op-ta-con
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electromechanical device that selectively raises small rods over the darker parts of a document, and thus enables blind people to read printed material that has not been transcribed into Braille.

Etymology

From optical-to-tactile converter.

Inflected Forms

optacons (plural)

Questions

What does optacon mean?: An electromechanical device that selectively raises small rods over the darker parts of a document, and thus enables blind people to read printed material that has not been transcribed into Braille.
Where does optacon come from?: From optical-to-tactile converter.

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