Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stilb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stilb
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre

Etymology

Coined by the French physicist André Blondel around 1920, from Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “I glitter”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: στίλβω

Inflected Forms

stilbs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

apostilb

Questions

What does stilb mean?: a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre
Where does stilb come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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