Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semismooth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semis-mooth
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Partially smooth

Example Sentences

"The SNCD is a novel combination of the semismooth Newton and coordinate descent algorithms."

Etymology

From semi- + smooth.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Derived Forms

semismoothness

Questions

What does semismooth mean?: Partially smooth
Where does semismooth come from?: From semi- + smooth.

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