Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peritomous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-it-o-mous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.

Example Sentences

"peritomous antimony glance"
"peritomous augite spar"
"peritomous lead baryte"
"peritomous ruby blende"

Etymology

From peri- + -tomous.

Questions

What does peritomous mean?: Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
Where does peritomous come from?: From peri- + -tomous.

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