Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anabranching

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anabranch-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.

Example Sentences

"Work on anabranching channels has been restricted mainly to the alluvial plains of the Murray and the Murrumbidgee, where the anabranches -- offshoots -- rejoin the original trunk or unite with a next-neighbouring trunk, sometimes after a distance of tens of miles."
"In particular, logjams blocked channels and led to the formation of side channels and floodplain sloughs, producing multiple anabranching channels and riverine wetlands that are in stark contrast to the large, single channels that exist in these streams today."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English branching English anabranching From ana- + branching.

Frequently Paired Words

anastomosing braided distributary meandering reticulate straight

Questions

What does anabranching mean?: Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.
Where does anabranching come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English branching English anabranching From ana- + branching.

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