Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microtopography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-to-pog-ra-phy
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"It is this interface, delineated by chemical and structural features on the surface of the organism (such as concentration and localization of cytochromes and reductases and the physical structure of the outer membrane) and the mineral surface (such as density and coordination of iron-oxide moieties, surface microtopography, and crystallographic orientation), which probably has a major impact on the kinetics and extent of bacterial reduction of Fe(III) minerals."
"Each surface of phlogopite, or any other mineral, must behave according to the particular atomic structure, composition, and microtopography of that surface."

Etymology

From micro- + topography.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Inflected Forms

microtopographies (plural)

Rhymes With

photography geography biography bibliography pornography autobiography choreography topography cinematography discography tomography typography

Questions

What does microtopography mean?: microrelief
Where does microtopography come from?: From micro- + topography.

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