monopropellant
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any propellant that consists of a single substance, or of a mixture of fuel and oxidant in the same container
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English propel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English propellant English monopropellant From mono- + propellant.