pseudopericyclic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Describing a transformation within a cyclic array of atoms in which bonding and nonbonding orbitals exchange roles
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English pericyclic English pseudopericyclic From pseudo- + pericyclic.