planiform
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The articulations of the second row of the carpus, which constitutes what may be named the pro-carpus, are likewise of the planiform kind, and are completed by palmar, dorsal and interosseous ligaments, that between the os magnum and unciform being very strong."
- "Some computer models allow periods of convection dominated by plumes, and others dominated by overturning planiform cells similar to the present Earth."
- "Towards the end of the seventeenth century, a new style of planiform carving emerged on church exteriors in the Andean altiplano from Arequipa to Lake Titicaca and across the Bolivian highlands."
- "a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation"
Etymology
From plane + -iform.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more planiform (comparative)
most planiform (superlative)