Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypernucleus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-nu-cle-us
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English hypernucleus From hyper- + nucleus.

Inflected Forms

hypernuclei (plural)

Questions

What does hypernucleus mean?: a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon
Where does hypernucleus come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English hypernucleus From hyper- + nucleus.

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