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polytypic

/pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-typ-ic
IPA
/pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies

adj

of a habitat, not dominated by a single species

adj

of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension

adj

of a cell sample, containing several cell types

adj

of an antibody response, involving several antibodies

adj

exhibiting polytypism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολῠ- (polŭ-) + τῠπῐκός (tŭpĭkós). By surface analysis, poly- + type + -ic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more polytypic (comparative) most polytypic (superlative)

Derived Forms

polytypy

Synonyms

polytypical

Questions

How do you pronounce polytypic?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/.
What does polytypic mean?
having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies
Where does polytypic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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