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hemitrope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hemitrope
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

noun

A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Etymology

From hemi- + -trope.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hemitropes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hemitropal hemitropic hemitropism hemitropy

Questions

What does hemitrope mean?
Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.
Where does hemitrope come from?
From hemi- + -trope.

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