Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phototransparency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-trans-paren-cy
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A photographic slide.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The optical transparency of an object, but especially that of tissue and bone to X-rays.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From photo- + transparency.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

phototransparencies (plural)

Antonyms

photodensity

Questions

What does phototransparency mean?
A photographic slide.
Where does phototransparency come from?
From photo- + transparency.

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