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pretransitional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-tran-si-tion-al
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to a transition.

adj

Describing the temperature at which the orientations of an isotropic liquid crystal diverge

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 transitional English pretransitional From pre- + transitional.

Questions

What does pretransitional mean?
Prior to a transition.
Where does pretransitional 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 transitional English pretransitional From pre- + transitional.

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