Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milliradian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mil-li-ra-di-an
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An SI unit of plane angular measure equal to one thousandth of a radian

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English radian English milliradian From milli- + radian.

Inflected Forms

milliradians (plural)

Questions

What does milliradian mean?: An SI unit of plane angular measure equal to one thousandth of a radian
Where does milliradian come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English radian English milliradian From milli- + radian.

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