Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

astroglaciological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-troglacio-log-i-cal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to astroglaciology.

Example Sentences

"The expected themes of the third symposium will be global in their orientation, including results of research carried out under various large-scale international programs, such as Earth System Science, Global Geoscience, Global Change, and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP), and may even include results of astroglaciological research, such as satellite glaciological studies of the Martian polar ice caps from data acquired by the Mars Observer spacecraft."

Etymology

From astroglaciology + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: astroglaciology

Questions

What does astroglaciological mean?: Of or pertaining to astroglaciology.
Where does astroglaciological come from?: From astroglaciology + -ical.

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