Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sectant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sec-tant
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.

noun

One of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the transverse planes.

noun

A sectarian.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sectāns.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sectant mean?
One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
Where does sectant come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce sectant

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