Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polydispersity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: poly-dis-per-si-ty
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being polydisperse

Uncountable

noun

A measure of the degree to which a colloid is polydisperse

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree English polydisperse Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English polydispersity From polydisperse + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

polydispersities (plural)

Questions

What does polydispersity mean?: The state of being polydisperse
Where does polydispersity come from?: Etymology tree English polydisperse Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English polydispersity From polydisperse + -ity.

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