zoogloeicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zoogloeic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoogloeic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoogloeic?
| 1880 | 0.0008 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.00008 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.000004 |
Where does the adjective zoogloeic come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoogloeic is in the 1880s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoogloeic is from 1883, in New York Med. Times.
Nearby entries
- zoogeographer, n.1868–
- zoogeographic, adj.1875–
- zoogeographical, adj.1864–
- zoogeographically, adv.1883–
- zoogeography, n.1851–
- zoogeological, adj.1841–
- zoogeologist, n.1844–
- zoogeology, n.1838–
- zoogloea, n.1861–
- zoogloeal, adj.1879–
- zoogloeic, adj.1883–
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
- zoogonidium, n.1857–
- zoogony, n.1675–
- zoograph, n.1623
- zoographer, n.1646–
- zoographic, adj.1741–
- zoographical, adj.1651–
- zoographically, adv.1835–
- zoographist, n.1749–1874
- zoography, n.1593–
Meaning & use
- 1883–Stressed as ˌzooˈgloeic.
- 1883
These zoogloeic masses exist in caseous granulations.
New York Med. Times August 155/2 - 1905
The giant or mother cells have the appearance of zoogloeic masses.
British Medical Journal 25 February 409/2 - 1957
The zoogloeic organisms are grown on the media surfaces.
U.S. Patent 2,809,933 5
- zoogloeal1879–Of, relating to, or of the nature of a zoogloea.
- zoogloeic1883–= zoogloeal, adj.
- symplastic1916–Of or pertaining to a symplast or symplasm; symplastic growth, the expansion of a common wall between adjacent plant cells during cell enlargement.
- symplasmic1923–Of or pertaining to (a) symplasm.
- symplasmatic1974–Botany. = symplasmic, adj.
Frequency
zoogloeic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoogloeic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoogloeic, adj., 1880–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.0008 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.00008 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.000004 |