Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megascale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: megas-cale
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely large-scale

noun

A very large scale used, for example, in astronomy

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English megascale From mega- + scale.

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy.

Inflected Forms

more megascale (comparative) most megascale (superlative) mega-scale (alternative)

Questions

What does megascale mean?: Extremely large-scale
Where does megascale come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English megascale From mega- + scale.

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