Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terminalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ter-mi-nal-ize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

(of the bonds between paired chromosomes) To move towards the ends of the chromosomes during meiosis

Etymology

From terminal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: terminal

Inflected Forms

terminalizes (present, singular) terminalizing (participle, present) terminalized (participle, past) terminalized (past)

Questions

What does terminalize mean?: (of the bonds between paired chromosomes) To move towards the ends of the chromosomes during meiosis
Where does terminalize come from?: From terminal + -ize.

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