Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polytype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-type
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the types involved in polytypism.

noun

A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.

noun

In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ∀ (for-all) quantifiers.

verb

To produce a polytype of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile."
"Towards the end of the eighteenth century , Professor Wilson of Glasgow , being engaged in a series of experiments for making etchings upon glass with fluoric acid for the purposes of art , thought it possible to make polytypes of glass from engraved copperplates"
"to polytype an engraving"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English type English polytype From poly- + type.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

polytypes (plural) polytypes (present, singular) polytyping (participle, present) polytyped (participle, past) polytyped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

monotype

Questions

What does polytype mean?: Any of the types involved in polytypism.
Where does polytype come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English type English polytype From poly- + type.

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