Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macropinacoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macropina-coid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English pinacoid English macropinacoid From macro- + pinacoid.

Inflected Forms

macropinacoids (plural)

Questions

What does macropinacoid mean?: One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
Where does macropinacoid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English pinacoid English macropinacoid From macro- + pinacoid.

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