Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterodromous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-dro-mous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of levers, in which the power and weight move in opposite directions

adj

Spiralling in opposite directions on a stem or branch

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more heterodromous (comparative) most heterodromous (superlative)

Derived Forms

heterodromy

Antonyms

homodromous

Questions

What does heterodromous mean?: Of levers, in which the power and weight move in opposite directions
Where does heterodromous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -dromous English heterodromous From hetero- + -dromous.

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