Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdetection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-de-tec-tion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Detection at excessively low levels, or at levels lower than are actually the case

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection English underdetection From under- + detection.

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Questions

What does underdetection mean?
Detection at excessively low levels, or at levels lower than are actually the case
Where does underdetection come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection English underdetection From under- + detection.

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