Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentakaidecahedral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-takaidec-a-he-dral
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In the form of a pentakaidecahedron.

Example Sentences

"Class II / Dodecahedra sharing faces in infinite sheets, forming tetrakaidecahedral and pentakaidecahedral voids."
"Other clathrates are the Br₂ hydrate with a pentakaidecahedral cage of water molecules or the tert-butylamine hydrate with a heptakaidecahedron cage of water molecules."
"The result is in a good agreement with the fact that pentakaidecahedral cavity is rarely seen in the gas hydrates."

Etymology

From penta- (“five”) + -kai- (“and”) + deca- (“ten”) + -hedral.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: penta-
Suffix: -kai-

Synonyms

pentadecahedral

Questions

What does pentakaidecahedral mean?: In the form of a pentakaidecahedron.
Where does pentakaidecahedral come from?: From penta- (“five”) + -kai- (“and”) + deca- (“ten”) + -hedral.

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