Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

str

/ˈstɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: str
IPA: /ˈstɚ/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of short tandem repeat.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of suspicious transaction report.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of suspend to RAM.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of strength point.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of sell-through rate.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of string(s).

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of steamer, a vessel propelled by steam.

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of string (“sequence of text characters”).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These observations lead us to predict that structural genomic variants are as important as SNPs, short tandem repeats (STRs) and other small changes in their contribution to genome variation."
"We estimated that the following percentage of elements were correctly assembled: 95.4% of alpha satellites; 91.5% of human satellites 2 and 3; 97.7% of segmental duplications (SDs); 94.3% of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs); 94.2% of short tandem repeats (STRs); and 98.8% of all human repeats²⁶."
"str.-quartet"
"str-emergent"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɚ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

STRs (plural) str. (alternative)

Homonyms

Esther ester

Rhymes With

semester investor leicester chester lester esther sylvester tester hester polyester trimester ester

Questions

How do you pronounce str?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɚ/.
What does str mean?: Initialism of short tandem repeat.

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