Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleothermometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-le-other-mome-ter
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything found in the natural record (such as a tree ring) that can be used to deduce the temperature at some time in the past.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English thermometer English paleothermometer From paleo- + thermometer.

Inflected Forms

paleothermometers (plural) palaeothermometer (alternative)

Questions

What does paleothermometer mean?: Anything found in the natural record (such as a tree ring) that can be used to deduce the temperature at some time in the past.
Where does paleothermometer come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English thermometer English paleothermometer From paleo- + thermometer.

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