Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superhydrophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-hy-dropho-bic
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very hydrophobic; used especially to describe materials having surfaces that are very difficult to wet, and have a water contact angle greater than 150°

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English hydrophobic English superhydrophobic From super- + hydrophobic.

Inflected Forms

more superhydrophobic (comparative) most superhydrophobic (superlative)

Questions

What does superhydrophobic mean?: Very hydrophobic; used especially to describe materials having surfaces that are very difficult to wet, and have a water contact angle greater than 150°
Where does superhydrophobic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English hydrophobic English superhydrophobic From super- + hydrophobic.

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