in-situ

1. 1.

   being in the original position; not having been moved

   “the archeologists could date the vase because it was in situ”

   “an in-situ investigator”

   Synonymsin situunmoved

   Similarunaltered

Questions about in-situ

What does in-situ mean?

in-situ means "being in the original position; not having been moved".

How many syllables are in in-situ?

in-situ has 3 syllables and divides as in--si-tu 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.