Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tephritic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tephrit-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to tephrite.

Example Sentences

"Vesteris Seamount is volcanically active and the age of the tephritic rocks, in which the fossils are found, is 0.5 to 0.65 Ma, as determined by Ar-Ar dating of kaersutite phenocrysts."

Etymology

From tephrite + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tephrite

Inflected Forms

more tephritic (comparative) most tephritic (superlative)

Questions

What does tephritic mean?: Of or relating to tephrite.
Where does tephritic come from?: From tephrite + -ic.

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