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graphitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
graphitic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graphite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English graphitic From graphite + -ic.

Derived Forms

graphitate micrographitic nongraphitic semigraphitic

Phrases

graphitic acid

Questions

What does graphitic mean?
Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
Where does graphitic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graphite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English graphitic From graphite + -ic.

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