Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat-seeking

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: heat-seek-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a missile or rocket, able to detect and follow the heat emitted by an aircraft engine or rocket.

adj

Of a device, able to detect a source of infrared radiation.

Etymology

From heat + seeking.

Questions

What does heat-seeking mean?: Of a missile or rocket, able to detect and follow the heat emitted by an aircraft engine or rocket.
Where does heat-seeking come from?: From heat + seeking.

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