Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parallactic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-al-lac-tic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to parallax

Etymology

From New Latin parallacticus, from Ancient Greek παραλλακτικός (parallaktikós).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: parallacticus, παραλλακτικός

Derived Forms

Questions

What does parallactic mean?
Of or pertaining to parallax
Where does parallactic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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