Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoresistive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tore-sis-tive
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

photoconductive

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- English resistive English photoresistive From photo- + resistive.

Inflected Forms

more photoresistive (comparative) most photoresistive (superlative)

Questions

What does photoresistive mean?: photoconductive
Where does photoresistive 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- English resistive English photoresistive From photo- + resistive.

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