Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photostationary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-sta-tion-ary
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a steady state reached by a photochemical reaction in which the rates of formation and disappearance of transient species are equal

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 stationary English photostationary From photo- + stationary.

Inflected Forms

more photostationary (comparative) most photostationary (superlative)

Questions

What does photostationary mean?: Describing a steady state reached by a photochemical reaction in which the rates of formation and disappearance of transient species are equal
Where does photostationary 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 stationary English photostationary From photo- + stationary.

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