Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycrystal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-crys-tal
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polycrystalline substance

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English crystal English polycrystal From poly- + crystal.

Inflected Forms

polycrystals (plural)

Questions

What does polycrystal mean?: Any polycrystalline substance
Where does polycrystal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English crystal English polycrystal From poly- + crystal.

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