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colligative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
col-liga-tive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.

Etymology

From Latin colligātus (“bound together”) + -ive. Coined by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1891.

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

colligatively noncolligative

Phrases

colligative property

Frequently Paired Words

colligate colligation

Questions

What does colligative mean?
Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
Where does colligative come from?
From Latin colligātus (“bound together”) + -ive. Coined by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1891.

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