Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perinuclear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: per-in-u-cle-ar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounding a nucleus

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English nuclear English perinuclear From peri- + nuclear.

Derived Forms

antiperinuclear extraperinuclear perinuclearly

Questions

What does perinuclear mean?: Surrounding a nucleus
Where does perinuclear come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English nuclear English perinuclear From peri- + nuclear.

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