Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collineation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: col-lin-ea-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of collineating; collimation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An isomorphism from one projective space to another, often to itself.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin collineare to direct in a straight line. See collimation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

collineations (plural)

Questions

What does collineation mean?: The act of collineating; collimation.
Where does collineation come from?: From Latin collineare to direct in a straight line. See collimation.

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