Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synaptically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: synap-ti-cal-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At or by means of a synapse

Example Sentences

"In this slide you see a pair of synaptically connected neurons."

Etymology

Etymology tree English synaptic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English synaptically From synaptic + -ally.

Derived Forms

heterosynaptically homosynaptically multisynaptically nonsynaptically parasynaptically perisynaptically

Frequently Paired Words

synaptic synapse

Questions

What does synaptically mean?: At or by means of a synapse
Where does synaptically come from?: Etymology tree English synaptic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English synaptically From synaptic + -ally.

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