Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seriation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: se-ri-ation
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the arrangement of things in a series

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the relative dating of archaeological artifacts in a chronological order

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English seriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English seriation From seriate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

seriations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

serial seriate seriatim series

Questions

What does seriation mean?: the arrangement of things in a series
Where does seriation come from?: Etymology tree English seriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English seriation From seriate + -ion.

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