Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcrustal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-crustal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Underneath the crust (of the Earth).

adj

Of or relating to the subcrust.

Example Sentences

"This provides an alternative mechanism for the documented large-scale river captures in the east-Tibetan drainage, previously suggested to be a record of a late uplift event perhaps related to subcrustal processes and dated as Miocene or later."

Etymology

From sub- + crustal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subcrustal mean?: Underneath the crust (of the Earth).
Where does subcrustal come from?: From sub- + crustal.

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