nitrogen-fixing

1. 1.

   contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation

Questions about nitrogen-fixing

What does nitrogen-fixing mean?

nitrogen-fixing means "contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation".

How many syllables are in nitrogen-fixing?

nitrogen-fixing has 5 syllables and divides as ni-tro-gen--fix-ing 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 nitrogen-fixing a common word?

nitrogen-fixing 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.