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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudoelement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-doele-ment
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.

noun

In a chemical formula, something that is called by a chemical symbol, but is not an element; e.g. Et may mean ethyl group, or Ph (or Φ) may mean phenyl group. (See "Skeletal formula § Pseudoelement symbols" on Wikipedia.)

Etymology

From pseudo- + element.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pseudoelements (plural)

Questions

What does pseudoelement mean?
An object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.
Where does pseudoelement come from?
From pseudo- + element.

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