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suprafacial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
suprafa-cial
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Latin faciēs Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English suprafacial From supra- + facial.

Derived Forms

suprafacially

Frequently Paired Words

antarafacial

Rhymes With

racial facial spatial glacial multiracial biracial palatial maxillofacial craniofacial interglacial spacial subglacial

Questions

What does suprafacial mean?
Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.
Where does suprafacial come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Latin faciēs Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English suprafacial From supra- + facial.

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