Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exploratorium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: ex-plorato-ri-um
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.

Example Sentences

"Especially appealing to older children and adolescents are science museums or exploratoriums."
"Other ways to use the visual arts include architecture, visual thinking, graphic organizers, mindmaps, exploratoriums, and galleries."

Etymology

From the Exploratorium in San Francisco, which holds a trademark on the term.

Inflected Forms

exploratoriums (plural) exploratoria (plural)

Questions

What does exploratorium mean?: A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
Where does exploratorium come from?: From the Exploratorium in San Francisco, which holds a trademark on the term.

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