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pretilt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pretilt
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular in the orientation of the director of a liquid crystal.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English tilt English pretilt From pre- + tilt.

Inflected Forms

pretilts (plural)

Derived Forms

pretilted

Questions

What does pretilt mean?
A deviation from the perpendicular in the orientation of the director of a liquid crystal.
Where does pretilt come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English tilt English pretilt From pre- + tilt.

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