saccadic

1. 1.

   of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation

Questions about saccadic

What does saccadic mean?

saccadic means "of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation".

How many syllables are in saccadic?

saccadic has 3 syllables and divides as sac-ca-dic 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 saccadic a common word?

saccadic 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.