birefringent

1. 1.

   relating to or characterized by double refraction

Questions about birefringent

What does birefringent mean?

birefringent means "relating to or characterized by double refraction".

How many syllables are in birefringent?

birefringent has 4 syllables and divides as bi-re-frin-gent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is birefringent a common word?

birefringent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.