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polylactic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
poly-lac-tic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a polymer of lactic acid or its derivatives

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English lactic English polylactic From poly- + lactic.

Phrases

polylactic acid polylactic resin

Questions

What does polylactic mean?
Of or pertaining to a polymer of lactic acid or its derivatives
Where does polylactic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English lactic English polylactic From poly- + lactic.

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