Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paraffin test

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: paraf-fin test
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early test using hot paraffin wax to take a cast of a suspect's hand, which was then sprayed with a reagent to gauge the presence of propellant particles indicating that the person had fired a gun.

Inflected Forms

paraffin tests (plural)

Questions

What does paraffin test mean?: An early test using hot paraffin wax to take a cast of a suspect's hand, which was then sprayed with a reagent to gauge the presence of propellant particles indicating that the person had fired a gun.

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