Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryptoflysch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryptofly-sch
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flysch-like material other than sandstone or schist which is found in similar formations.

Example Sentences

"Particularly, the relation of magnetic anomalies and the upper part of formations characterized by cryptoflysch and richer accumulations of bituminous components with dissipated Fe-sulphides mineralization can be mentioned."
"In the Apennines and the southern Alps, the “scaglia cinerea” and certain “scaglia rossa” facies correspond to metaflysch or cryptoflysch, and so on. In short, not one but several types of flysch (constituting a generation) are in the process of deposition at any given moment."

Etymology

From crypto- + flysch.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: crypto

Questions

What does cryptoflysch mean?: Any flysch-like material other than sandstone or schist which is found in similar formations.
Where does cryptoflysch come from?: From crypto- + flysch.

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