pleochroic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or having pleochroism

Questions about pleochroic

What does pleochroic mean?

pleochroic means "of or relating to or having pleochroism".

How many syllables are in pleochroic?

pleochroic has 3 syllables and divides as ple-och-roic 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 pleochroic a common word?

pleochroic 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.