biplicity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…]that certain characteristic properties of the bacterial flagellum can be imitated in a wire coil model. These properties are: (1) the arc which is visible frequently at the end of a flagellum (Figs. 10 and 11), and (2) the phenomenon of “biplicity,” that is, the sudden appearance of one-half the usual pitch (Fig. 12)."
- "The integration and differentiation of vital function on the one hand, and the preparation and composition of food-material on the other hand form — as we will become fully aware further on — the two great divisions in the subject-matter of the science of organization, divisions corresponding to the fundamental biplicity of all advanced organization, its animal and its vegetative life."
- "He who reads them will see that Mr. Darwin by no means minces matters with Lyell[…] There may be a certain biplicity of kindness and courtesy in Mr. Darwin ; but there is no duplicity of his essential manhood and truth."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bi-