Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polydisperse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-dis-perse
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a range of particle sizes.

adj

Synonym of nonuniform (“composed of macromolecular species of differing molar masses”).

Etymology

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

Frequently Paired Words

polydispersity

Synonyms

nonuniform polydispersed non-uniform

Questions

What does polydisperse mean?: Having a range of particle sizes.
Where does polydisperse come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English disperse English polydisperse From poly- + disperse.

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