Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

type locality

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: type- lo-cal-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The location, usually where the first specimen was discovered, considered most representative of a mineral, formation etc.

noun

The location where a nomenclatural or name-bearing type was collected.

Inflected Forms

type localities (plural)

Derived Forms

topotypical

Questions

What does type locality mean?: The location, usually where the first specimen was discovered, considered most representative of a mineral, formation etc.

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