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photic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
phot-ic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, related to, or irradiated by light.

adj

Of, related to, or irradiated by light.

Etymology

From phot- + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more photic (comparative) most photic (superlative)

Derived Forms

aphotic disphotic euphotic mesophotic nonphotic photically subphotic

Phrases

photic sneeze reflex photic zone

Synonyms

euphotic epipelagic sunlight

Rhymes With

otic rhotic lotic euphotic aphotic entotic apodotic periotic epiotic sphenotic prootic diotic

Questions

What does photic mean?
Of, related to, or irradiated by light.
Where does photic come from?
From phot- + -ic.

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