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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyclotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cy-clo-to-my
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

surgical removal of the ciliary muscle

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cyclo- + -tomy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cyclotomies (plural)

Derived Forms

cyclotomic

Questions

What does cyclotomy mean?
surgical removal of the ciliary muscle
Where does cyclotomy come from?
From cyclo- + -tomy.

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