Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoelastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-toe-las-tic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

exhibiting birefringence when stressed

adj

of, or relating to photoelasticity

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- French élastiquebor. English elastic English photoelastic From photo- + elastic.

Inflected Forms

more photoelastic (comparative) most photoelastic (superlative)

Questions

What does photoelastic mean?: exhibiting birefringence when stressed
Where does photoelastic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- French élastiquebor. English elastic English photoelastic From photo- + elastic.

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