Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinacoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pina-coid
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.

Example Sentences

"The crystallographic symmetry is initially broken toward dilation symmetry by the splitting of the basal pinacoid or the pseudohexagonal bipyramidal faces of the growing crystal core."

Etymology

Ancient Greek πινάκιον (pinákion, “slab, tablet”) + -oid.

Inflected Forms

pinacoids (plural)

Derived Forms

brachypinacoid clinopinacoid macropinacoid orthopinacoid

Questions

What does pinacoid mean?: The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
Where does pinacoid come from?: Ancient Greek πινάκιον (pinákion, “slab, tablet”) + -oid.

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