Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hi-mems

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: hi-mems
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of hybrid insect micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS): A DARPA project to control insect locomotion by placing a mechanical system inside an insect.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

HI-MEMSes (plural)

Questions

What does hi-mems mean?: Initialism of hybrid insect micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS): A DARPA project to control insect locomotion by placing a mechanical system inside an insect.

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