Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epitaxial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: epi-tax-i-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy

Example Sentences

"It should be noted that a high temperature anneal in Ar, H₂, or high vacuum is a well established pre-epitaxial growth step by which a native oxide film is removed to obtain a good quality epitaxial layer[…]."

Etymology

From epitaxy + -al.

Derived Forms

biepitaxial epitaxially heteroepitaxial homoepitaxial

Phrases

epitaxial layer

Questions

What does epitaxial mean?: Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy
Where does epitaxial come from?: From epitaxy + -al.

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