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mesoscaphe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mesoscaphe
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean.

Etymology

From French mésoscaphe. From meso- + Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “little ship”). Coined by Jacques Piccard.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mesoscaphes (plural) mesoscaph (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bathyscaphe

Questions

What does mesoscaphe mean?
A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean.
Where does mesoscaphe come from?
It is traced to French.

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