Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uniaxial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: uni-ax-i-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a single axis; monoaxial

adj

Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis 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 English -al English axial English uniaxial From uni- + axial.

Inflected Forms

uniaxal (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonuniaxial pseudouniaxial uniaxiality uniaxially

Frequently Paired Words

biaxial coaxial

Questions

What does uniaxial mean?: Having a single axis; monoaxial
Where does uniaxial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis 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 English -al English axial English uniaxial From uni- + axial.

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