Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macropore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macro-p-ore
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action

noun

A pore of greater than 50 nanometers.

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 pore English macropore From macro- + pore.

Inflected Forms

macropores (plural)

Derived Forms

macroporous

Frequently Paired Words

micropore

Questions

What does macropore mean?: A macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action
Where does macropore 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 pore English macropore From macro- + pore.

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