Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentagraph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ta-graph
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used in surveying composed of four flat, straight brass rules, two of which are long and are connected by a double pivot at the end to create a V shape, and two of which are short and joined by a double pivot to create another V shape pointed away from the first, with the other ends of the short rules connected at the halfway mark of the long rules, so that the entire figure creates a parallelogram.

noun

A specific sequence of five letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.

noun

A five-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

Inflected Forms

pentagraphs (plural) pantograph (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

digraph trigraph tetragraph hexagraph heptagraph octagraph monophthong diphthong

Questions

What does pentagraph mean?: A device used in surveying composed of four flat, straight brass rules, two of which are long and are connected by a double pivot at the end to create a V shape, and two of which are short and joined by a double pivot to create another V shape pointed away from the first, with the other ends of the short rules connected at the halfway mark of the long rules, so that the entire figure creates a parallelogram.

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