Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hygroscopicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-gro-scop-ic-i-ty
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being hygroscopic.

Uncountable

noun

The degree to which a substance is hygroscopic.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree English hygroscopic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English hygroscopicity From hygroscopic + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hygroscopicities (plural)

Questions

What does hygroscopicity mean?: The state of being hygroscopic.
Where does hygroscopicity come from?: Etymology tree English hygroscopic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English hygroscopicity From hygroscopic + -ity.

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