Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermotropic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: ther-motrop-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat

adj

Exhibiting different phases at different temperatures

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- Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic English thermotropic From thermo- + -tropic.

Inflected Forms

more thermotropic (comparative) most thermotropic (superlative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does thermotropic mean?: Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat
Where does thermotropic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic English thermotropic From thermo- + -tropic.

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