Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relieflike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-lieflike
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).

Example Sentences

"When two beams reconverge with the assistance of prisms, the phase difference between the two beams provides relieflike, high-contrast images of the specimen."

Etymology

From relief + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: relief

Inflected Forms

more relieflike (comparative) most relieflike (superlative)

Questions

What does relieflike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).
Where does relieflike come from?: From relief + -like.

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