Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semicontiguous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-con-tigu-ous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Partially contiguous

Example Sentences

"They conjectured that any semicontiguous minor can also be written in terms of domino tilings of a region on the square lattice."

Etymology

From semi- + contiguous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semicontiguous mean?: Partially contiguous
Where does semicontiguous come from?: From semi- + contiguous.

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