Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermoswitch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ther-moswitch
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.

Example Sentences

"This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements."

Etymology

From thermo- + switch.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thermo

Inflected Forms

thermoswitches (plural)

Questions

What does thermoswitch mean?: A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
Where does thermoswitch come from?: From thermo- + switch.

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