thermosetting
/θˈɝmoʊsˌɛtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Becoming permanently (irreversibly) hard or solidifying when heated.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English setting English thermosetting From thermo- + setting.