Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

micromovement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-move-ment
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A microscopic movement.

Example Sentences

"Belkoff et al. reported that pain reduction was attributable to the immobility and inhibition of micromovements of the fractured fragment and the cytotoxic effect of PMMA, which relieves pain by damaging the terminal nerve."

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English micromovement From micro- + movement.

Inflected Forms

micromovements (plural)

Questions

What does micromovement mean?: A microscopic movement.
Where does micromovement come from?: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English micromovement From micro- + movement.

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