Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-period

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
short--pe-ri-od
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Phrases

shorter-period

Antonyms

Questions

What does short-period mean?
Having an orbital period of less than 200 years, especially said of comets

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