unifilar

1. 1.

   having or using only one filament

Questions about unifilar

What does unifilar mean?

unifilar means "having or using only one filament".

How many syllables are in unifilar?

unifilar has 4 syllables and divides as u-ni-fi-lar 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 unifilar a common word?

unifilar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.