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confluency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-flu-en-cy
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The percentage of the surface of a culture dish that is covered by adherent cells

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cōnfluentia. Doublet of confluence.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cōnfluentia

Inflected Forms

confluencies (plural)

Derived Forms

hyperconfluency postconfluency semiconfluency superconfluency

Questions

What does confluency mean?
The percentage of the surface of a culture dish that is covered by adherent cells
Where does confluency come from?
From Medieval Latin cōnfluentia. Doublet of confluence.

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