Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterodisperse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-erodis-perse
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a colloid in which the particles are of different sizes.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English disperse English heterodisperse From hetero- + disperse.

Inflected Forms

more heterodisperse (comparative) most heterodisperse (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

monodisperse polydisperse

Questions

What does heterodisperse mean?: Describing a colloid in which the particles are of different sizes.
Where does heterodisperse come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English disperse English heterodisperse From hetero- + disperse.

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