different between polytonic vs polytopic

polytonic

English

Etymology

From poly- +? tonic.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p?li?t?n?k/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?li?t?n?k/
  • Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

polytonic

  1. having several tones
    1. of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.

Antonyms

  • monotonic

Translations

Further reading

  • Greek diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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polytopic

English

Etymology

polytope +? -ic

Adjective

polytopic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a polytope
  2. Occurring in two or more areas

Derived terms

  • polytopic membrane protein

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