Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: galac-toid
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Milk-like.

Example Sentences

"The third method of forming the mixed material comprises the steps of: adding a benzoguanamine resin to formaldehyde to form an intermediate; adding the intermediate to a solution consisting of polyethylene to form a galactoid solution; adding a hardening catalyst and mixing the galactoid solution with the protrusion material; and performing sequentially the steps of heating, disengaging, cleaning and drying to form a hardened resin."
"After agitation for 30 sec, white galactoid microbubble suspension was prepared."
"Furthermore, petroleum sulfonate was not readily dissolved and its aqueous solution was susceptible to stratification when the reaction time was 0 min because of its high free oil content, while at an extended reaction condition, the sulfonate solution was aqueous with a tea-like color but not galactoid."

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -oid.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γάλα

Inflected Forms

more galactoid (comparative) most galactoid (superlative)

Questions

What does galactoid mean?: Milk-like.
Where does galactoid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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