Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predecay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-de-cay
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to decay (of e.g. a radioactive particle).

Etymology

From pre- + decay.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does predecay mean?
Prior to decay (of e.g. a radioactive particle).
Where does predecay come from?
From pre- + decay.

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