Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

visucentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-su-cen-tric
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.

adj

Of art, literature, etc.: focusing mainly on what the eyes perceive.

Example Sentences

"In a visucentric world, spatial awareness comes from cues that are subtle and may go unnoticed to the hearing. (Deaf Diverse Design Guide web site)"
"Much of the poetry included in John Lee Clark's Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology is visucentric."

Etymology

From visu- + -centric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: visu
Suffix: centric

Inflected Forms

more visucentric (comparative) most visucentric (superlative) visu-centric (alternative) visuocentric (alternative)

Questions

What does visucentric mean?: Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.
Where does visucentric come from?: From visu- + -centric.

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