Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pericline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-cline
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of albite exhibiting elongated prismatic crystals.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A periclinal wall.

Countable

Etymology

From peri- + -cline.

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱley-

Usage

Inflected Forms

periclines (plural)

Questions

What does pericline mean?: A form of albite exhibiting elongated prismatic crystals.
Where does pericline come from?: From peri- + -cline.

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