Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photodichroism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-todichro-ism
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

photoinduced dichroism or birefringence

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English dichroism English photodichroism From photo- + dichroism.

Usage

Questions

What does photodichroism mean?
photoinduced dichroism or birefringence
Where does photodichroism come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English dichroism English photodichroism From photo- + dichroism.

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