Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoemissive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-toe-mis-sive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to photoemission.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English emissive English photoemissive From photo- + emissive.

Inflected Forms

more photoemissive (comparative) most photoemissive (superlative)

Phrases

photoemissive cell photoemissive tube photometer

Questions

What does photoemissive mean?: Of or relating to photoemission.
Where does photoemissive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English emissive English photoemissive From photo- + emissive.

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