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planarize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pla-narize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to flatten, or make into a plane

Etymology

Etymology tree English planar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English planarize From planar + -ize.

Inflected Forms

planarizes (present, singular) planarizing (participle, present) planarized (participle, past) planarized (past) planarise (alternative)

Questions

What does planarize mean?
to flatten, or make into a plane
Where does planarize come from?
Etymology tree English planar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English planarize From planar + -ize.

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