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schisma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
schis-ma
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small interval equal to half a comma.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”), whence the orthographic borrowing skhisma. Doublet of schism.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *skey-, *skeyd-, σχίσμα

Inflected Forms

schismas (plural) skhisma (alternative)

Phrases

schismatic temperament

Questions

What does schisma mean?
A very small interval equal to half a comma.
Where does schisma come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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