Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superposability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-pos-abil-i-ty
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

congruence

Uncountable

noun

The ability to bring two particular stereochemical formulae into coincidence by no more than translation and rotation

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English superpose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English superposability From superpose + -ability.

Usage

Questions

What does superposability mean?
congruence
Where does superposability come from?
Etymology tree English superpose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English superposability From superpose + -ability.

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