Origin

via New Latin from Greek puknos thick

pycno-

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “dense,” “close,” “thick,” used in the formation of compound words:

pycnometer.

Also, especially before a vowel, pycn-.

Origin

< New Latin, combining form representing Greek pyknós

Related Words

pycn-
pycnometer
pycnostyle

pycno-a word element meaning 'dense', 'close', 'thick', as in pycnometer.

Also, pykno-; ◆ (before vowels), pycn-. [New Latin, combining form representing Greek pyknos]

pycno-|pɪknəʊ|bef. a vowel pycn-, combining form of Gr. πυκνό-ς ‘thick, dense’, forming various terms. (Occasionally spelt pykno-; erron. picno-.) ‖ pycnaˈspideæ Ornith. [Gr. ἀσπίς, ἀσπιδ- shield], in Sundevall's classification, a cohort of scutelliplantar passerine birds, having the planta or back of the tarsus studded with small irregular scales or plates; hence pycnaˈspidean a., belonging to the Pycnaspideæ; pycˈnaster [Gr. ἀστήρ star], a kind of sponge spicule; pycnoˈchlorite Min. [ad. G. pyknochlorit (J. Fromme 1903, in Min. und Petrogr. Mitt. XXII. 70)], a chlorite, (Mg,Fe²⁺,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈, having the same silicon content as clinochlore (2·8–3·1 atoms per formula unit) but more iron (1·5–3 atoms); ˈpycnocline Physical Geogr., a thin layer separating water of different densities; pycnocoˈnidium Bot. [conidium] = pycnospore; ˈpycnodont Ichthyol. [Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth], a. pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Pycnodontidæ, an extinct family of ganoid fishes typified by the genus Pycnodus, so called from the obtuse teeth on the palate and sides of the jaw; n. a pycnodont fish; so pycnoˈdontoid a. and n.; ˈpycnogon = pycnogonid; pycˈnogonid Zool. [f. mod.L. class name Pycnogonida, f. generic name Pycnogonum (M. T. Brünnich Entomologia (1764) 84), f. Gr. γόνυ knee], a marine arthropod of the group Pycnogonida, somewhat intermediate between Crustacea and Arachnida, typified by the parasitic genus Pycˈnogonum; a sea-spider; also attrib.; ‖ ˌpycnogoˈnidium Bot. [gonidium] = pycnospore; pycˈnogonoid Zool. [-oid] a., resembling or belonging to the Pycnogonida; n. a pycnogonid; ˌpycnohyˈdrometer: see quot.; pycˈnometer [-meter], a specific gravity flask; see gravity 4 d.; ‖ ˌpycnomeˈtochia |-ˈɒkɪə| Gram. [Gr. µετοχή participle], the close connexion or frequent use of participles or participial phrases; polymetochia; so ˌpycnomeˈtochic |-ˈɒkɪk| a., containing or using many participles; pycnoˈmetric a., involving or employing a pycnometer; hence pycnoˈmetrically adv.; pycnoˈmorphic a., Biol. [Gr. µορϕή shape, form], exhibiting dense formation or structure; † pycnoˈmorphous a. Cytology [ad. G. pyknomorph (F. Nissl in Neurol. Centralblatt (1894) XIII. 683, (1895) XIV. 70), f. Gr. µορϕή form, shape], characterized by much darkly staining matter; pycnoˈnotine a., Ornith. [Gr. νῶτος back], belonging to a sub-family of passerine birds, Pycnonotinæ, the bulbuls or rock-thrushes, typified by the genus Pycnonōtus; ˈpycnospore Bot. [Gr. σπόρος seed], = pycnidiospore; also = pycniospore s.v. pycnium.1899Evans Birds in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 479 The metatarsus scutellated in front, and usually covered with small round scales behind (*pycnaspidean) is especially strong in Pyroderus and Rupicola.1888Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lxiv, *Pycnaster, a minute aster with short conical strongylate actines. This..might be regarded as a variety of the chiaster.1903Mineral. Mag. XIII. 375 *Pyknochlorite... A greyish-green, compact chlorite occurring in a quartz and calcite vein in the gabbro of the Radauthal, Harz. It has the same general formula..as clinochlore, but differs from this in containing much more ferrous iron and in its compact (πυκνός) texture.1960Amer. Mineralogist XLV. 797 The co-existing chlorite occurs in fairly large pale green crystals and shows the typical anomalous interference colors. Its analysis shows it to be fairly rich in Mg and Al, and following the classification of Hey (1954) it may be termed a pycnochlorite, with Fe (total): (Fe + Mg) = 0·273 and Si 2·83, on the basis of 14 oxygens (anhydrous).1973Nature 2 Mar. 28/1 Microscopic studies reveal that the metamorphic boundary involves the replacement by quartz and a chlorite mineral of fixed composition (pycnochlorite).1978Ibid. 20 July 243/1 Chlorites occurring as matrix in greywacke and amygdule fillings and groundmass replacement in spilite are either pycnochlorite or diabantite.1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. v. 282 When a wind blows over a thick layer of water lying over a second layer of greater density, not only will the surface level be raised at the lee end but the *pycnocline, or plane separating the two layers of different density, will be tilted in the opposite direction.1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 278 Changes in the sinking rate..are well substantiated... In pycnoclines a retardation of passive organisms is frequent, sometimes associated with a synthesis of pigments.1976Nature 2 Sept. 8/1 Over large areas of the present-day ocean, a permanent density discontinuity (pycnocline) arises as a consequence of the latitudinal variation in the intensity of incident radiation from the Sun.1836Buckland Geol. & Min. I. 281 The habits of the family of *Pycnodonts appear to have been omnivorous.1862Dana Man. Geol. 526 The Pycnodont group is now extinct.1927Proc. Imper. Acad. Japan III. 610 (title) Notes on some *pycnogons living semi-parasitic on holothurians.1935T. H. Savory Arachnida xvi. 172 Ever since the first pycnogon was described..the problem of their affinities has been debated.1959A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. v. 100 Sea-slugs, ascidians, sea-spiders (pycnogons) and spider-crabs, starfish and brittlestars—all these, and more, may be in just one haul.1877W. Thomson Voy. Challenger II. 349 The *Pycnogonida..attained an enormous size in cold Arctic and Antarctic water.1881Times 6 Jan. 4/6 We are promised very shortly similar volumes..on the Pycnogonids or nobody-crabs, on the seaweeds, and on certain groups of worms.1935T. H. Savory Arachnida xvi. 172 The Pycnogonid crawls about, extremely slowly.1973P. E. King Pycnogonids i. 7 The pycnogonid body is considerably reduced.Ibid. 8 The pycnogonids have a wide geographical and bathymetric range.1852Dana Crust. ii. 1383 Of this last class are nearly all the Entomostraca, and with them the *Pycnogonoids.1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., *Picnohydrometer, a combination of the picnometer and hydrometer... Described in Scientific American, xxxiv. 340.1858Thudichum Urine 33 The weight of the urine required to fill the *pycnometer is then ascertained.1881Nature XXIV. 294 The specific gravity bottle or pyknometer.1925Arch. Internal Med. XXXV. 133 Specific gravity determinations were made by the *pyknometric method.1938Trans. Faraday Soc. XXXIV. 1214 (heading) Pyknometric studies on chemical equilibrium.1934Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 498 The samples of water obtained by combustion were carefully distilled..and their densities were measured *pyknometrically.1976Nature 3 June 438/3 There is a reasonable agreement between X-ray and pycnometrically determined densities in the minerals of the oldest rocks.1900Lancet 30 June 1849/2 The cell shows a distinct *pyknomorphic condition.1899L. F. Barker New Syst. Constituent Neurones xi. 123 Nissl consequently designates the extremely darkly stained cells as *pyknomorphous cells, or cells in which the stainable portions are arranged relatively most closely.1903Med. Chron. XXXIX. 19 The stained, chromophile, or tigroid substance of nerve cells is regarded as nutritional substance. When it is abundant the cell is described as being in a pyknomorphous condition.1887H. E. F. Garnsey tr. Ade Bary's Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi v. 246 Pycnidia: receptacles..producing gonidia which are known as *pycnospores.1898tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. (1903) 352 Conidia..termed pycnospores or pycnoconidia.1938G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. I. xii. 416 In addition to forming conidia or pycnospores, a mycelium may also form large thick-walled spores.

pycno-

before vowels pycn-, word-forming element meaning "close, thick, dense," from comb. form of Greek pyknos "thick, dense." Sometimes via German as pykno-.

pycno- /ˈpɪknəʊ/ combining form of Greek puknos thick, dense: see -o-. Also pykno-; before a vowel pycn-.

DERIVATIVE pycnoˈchlorite noun (Mineralogy) a chlorite having the same silicon content as clinochlore but more iron E20.
pycnocline noun a layer in which water density increases rapidly with depth, esp. in oceans M20.
pycnocoˈnidium noun (Botany) = pycnidiospore L19.
pycnogon noun = pycnogonid noun E20.
pycnohyˈdrometer noun a combination of a pycnometer and a hydrometer L19.
pycˈnometer noun a vessel used for measuring the relative density of a liquid, using a calibrated capillary M19.
pycnoˈmetric adjective involving or employing a pycnometer E20.
pycnospore noun (Botany) (a) = pycnidiospore; (b) = pycniospore: L19.

pycno-
combining form
see pycn-

pycno-
pykno-

Prefix

dense, thick

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compact, thick”).

Derived terms

pycnitis

pycnidium

pycnite

pycnocline

pycnofiber

pycnogenol

pycnogonid

pycnometer

pycnonuclear

pycnostyle

pyknic

pyknolepsy

pyknometer

pyknosis

pyknotic

词汇	pycno-
词根词缀	Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary pycno- or (before a vowel) pycn- combining form indicating thickness or density ⇒ pycnometer Origin via New Latin from Greek puknos thick pycno- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “dense,” “close,” “thick,” used in the formation of compound words: pycnometer. Also, especially before a vowel, pycn-. Origin < New Latin, combining form representing Greek pyknós Related Words pycn- pycnometer pycnostyle pycno-a word element meaning 'dense', 'close', 'thick', as in pycnometer. Also, pykno-; ◆ (before vowels), pycn-. [New Latin, combining form representing Greek pyknos] pycno-\|pɪknəʊ\|bef. a vowel pycn-, combining form of Gr. πυκνό-ς ‘thick, dense’, forming various terms. (Occasionally spelt pykno-; erron. picno-.) ‖ pycnaˈspideæ Ornith. [Gr. ἀσπίς, ἀσπιδ- shield], in Sundevall's classification, a cohort of scutelliplantar passerine birds, having the planta or back of the tarsus studded with small irregular scales or plates; hence pycnaˈspidean a., belonging to the Pycnaspideæ; pycˈnaster [Gr. ἀστήρ star], a kind of sponge spicule; pycnoˈchlorite Min. [ad. G. pyknochlorit (J. Fromme 1903, in Min. und Petrogr. Mitt. XXII. 70)], a chlorite, (Mg,Fe²⁺,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈, having the same silicon content as clinochlore (2·8–3·1 atoms per formula unit) but more iron (1·5–3 atoms); ˈpycnocline Physical Geogr., a thin layer separating water of different densities; pycnocoˈnidium Bot. [conidium] = pycnospore; ˈpycnodont Ichthyol. [Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth], a. pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Pycnodontidæ, an extinct family of ganoid fishes typified by the genus Pycnodus, so called from the obtuse teeth on the palate and sides of the jaw; n. a pycnodont fish; so pycnoˈdontoid a. and n.; ˈpycnogon = pycnogonid; pycˈnogonid Zool. [f. mod.L. class name Pycnogonida, f. generic name Pycnogonum (M. T. Brünnich Entomologia (1764) 84), f. Gr. γόνυ knee], a marine arthropod of the group Pycnogonida, somewhat intermediate between Crustacea and Arachnida, typified by the parasitic genus Pycˈnogonum; a sea-spider; also attrib.; ‖ ˌpycnogoˈnidium Bot. [gonidium] = pycnospore; pycˈnogonoid Zool. [-oid] a., resembling or belonging to the Pycnogonida; n. a pycnogonid; ˌpycnohyˈdrometer: see quot.; pycˈnometer [-meter], a specific gravity flask; see gravity 4 d.; ‖ ˌpycnomeˈtochia \|-ˈɒkɪə\| Gram. [Gr. µετοχή participle], the close connexion or frequent use of participles or participial phrases; polymetochia; so ˌpycnomeˈtochic \|-ˈɒkɪk\| a., containing or using many participles; pycnoˈmetric a., involving or employing a pycnometer; hence pycnoˈmetrically adv.; pycnoˈmorphic a., Biol. [Gr. µορϕή shape, form], exhibiting dense formation or structure; † pycnoˈmorphous a. Cytology [ad. G. pyknomorph (F. Nissl in Neurol. Centralblatt (1894) XIII. 683, (1895) XIV. 70), f. Gr. µορϕή form, shape], characterized by much darkly staining matter; pycnoˈnotine a., Ornith. [Gr. νῶτος back], belonging to a sub-family of passerine birds, Pycnonotinæ, the bulbuls or rock-thrushes, typified by the genus Pycnonōtus; ˈpycnospore Bot. [Gr. σπόρος seed], = pycnidiospore; also = pycniospore s.v. pycnium.1899Evans Birds in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 479 The metatarsus scutellated in front, and usually covered with small round scales behind (pycnaspidean) is especially strong in Pyroderus and Rupicola.1888Sollas in Challenger Rep.* XXV. p. lxiv, Pycnaster, a minute aster with short conical strongylate actines. This..might be regarded as a variety of the chiaster.1903Mineral. Mag. XIII. 375 Pyknochlorite... A greyish-green, compact chlorite occurring in a quartz and calcite vein in the gabbro of the Radauthal, Harz. It has the same general formula..as clinochlore, but differs from this in containing much more ferrous iron and in its compact (πυκνός) texture.1960Amer. Mineralogist XLV. 797 The co-existing chlorite occurs in fairly large pale green crystals and shows the typical anomalous interference colors. Its analysis shows it to be fairly rich in Mg and Al, and following the classification of Hey (1954) it may be termed a pycnochlorite, with Fe (total): (Fe + Mg) = 0·273 and Si 2·83, on the basis of 14 oxygens (anhydrous).1973Nature 2 Mar. 28/1 Microscopic studies reveal that the metamorphic boundary involves the replacement by quartz and a chlorite mineral of fixed composition (pycnochlorite).1978Ibid. 20 July 243/1 Chlorites occurring as matrix in greywacke and amygdule fillings and groundmass replacement in spilite are either pycnochlorite or diabantite.1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. v. 282 When a wind blows over a thick layer of water lying over a second layer of greater density, not only will the surface level be raised at the lee end but the pycnocline, or plane separating the two layers of different density, will be tilted in the opposite direction.1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 278 Changes in the sinking rate..are well substantiated... In pycnoclines a retardation of passive organisms is frequent, sometimes associated with a synthesis of pigments.1976Nature 2 Sept. 8/1 Over large areas of the present-day ocean, a permanent density discontinuity (pycnocline) arises as a consequence of the latitudinal variation in the intensity of incident radiation from the Sun.1836Buckland Geol. & Min.* I. 281 The habits of the family of Pycnodonts appear to have been omnivorous.1862Dana Man. Geol.* 526 The Pycnodont group is now extinct.1927Proc. Imper. Acad. Japan III. 610 (title) Notes on some pycnogons living semi-parasitic on holothurians.1935T. H. Savory Arachnida* xvi. 172 Ever since the first pycnogon was described..the problem of their affinities has been debated.1959A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. v. 100 Sea-slugs, ascidians, sea-spiders (pycnogons) and spider-crabs, starfish and brittlestars—all these, and more, may be in just one haul.1877W. Thomson Voy. Challenger II. 349 The Pycnogonida..attained an enormous size in cold Arctic and Antarctic water.1881Times 6 Jan. 4/6 We are promised very shortly similar volumes..on the Pycnogonids or nobody-crabs, on the seaweeds, and on certain groups of worms.1935T. H. Savory Arachnida* xvi. 172 The Pycnogonid crawls about, extremely slowly.1973P. E. King Pycnogonids i. 7 The pycnogonid body is considerably reduced.Ibid. 8 The pycnogonids have a wide geographical and bathymetric range.1852Dana Crust. ii. 1383 Of this last class are nearly all the Entomostraca, and with them the Pycnogonoids.1884Knight Dict. Mech.* Suppl., Picnohydrometer, a combination of the picnometer and hydrometer... Described in Scientific American, xxxiv. 340.1858Thudichum Urine* 33 The weight of the urine required to fill the pycnometer is then ascertained.1881Nature XXIV. 294 The specific gravity bottle or pyknometer.1925Arch. Internal Med. XXXV. 133 Specific gravity determinations were made by the pyknometric method.1938Trans. Faraday Soc. XXXIV. 1214 (heading) Pyknometric studies on chemical equilibrium.1934Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 498 The samples of water obtained by combustion were carefully distilled..and their densities were measured pyknometrically.1976Nature 3 June 438/3 There is a reasonable agreement between X-ray and pycnometrically determined densities in the minerals of the oldest rocks.1900Lancet 30 June 1849/2 The cell shows a distinct pyknomorphic condition.1899L. F. Barker New Syst. Constituent Neurones xi. 123 Nissl consequently designates the extremely darkly stained cells as pyknomorphous cells, or cells in which the stainable portions are arranged relatively most closely.1903Med. Chron. XXXIX. 19 The stained, chromophile, or tigroid substance of nerve cells is regarded as nutritional substance. When it is abundant the cell is described as being in a pyknomorphous condition.1887H. E. F. Garnsey tr. Ade Bary's Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi* v. 246 Pycnidia: receptacles..producing gonidia which are known as pycnospores.1898tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot.* (1903) 352 Conidia..termed pycnospores or pycnoconidia.1938G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. I. xii. 416 In addition to forming conidia or pycnospores, a mycelium may also form large thick-walled spores. pycno- before vowels pycn-, word-forming element meaning "close, thick, dense," from comb. form of Greek pyknos "thick, dense." Sometimes via German as pykno-. pycno- /ˈpɪknəʊ/ combining form of Greek puknos thick, dense: see -o-. Also pykno-; before a vowel pycn-. DERIVATIVE pycnoˈchlorite noun (Mineralogy) a chlorite having the same silicon content as clinochlore but more iron E20. pycnocline noun a layer in which water density increases rapidly with depth, esp. in oceans M20. pycnocoˈnidium noun (Botany) = pycnidiospore L19. pycnogon noun = pycnogonid noun E20. pycnohyˈdrometer noun a combination of a pycnometer and a hydrometer L19. pycˈnometer noun a vessel used for measuring the relative density of a liquid, using a calibrated capillary M19. pycnoˈmetric adjective involving or employing a pycnometer E20. pycnospore noun (Botany) (a) = pycnidiospore; (b) = pycniospore: L19. pycno- combining form see pycn- pycno- pykno- Prefix dense, thick Etymology From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compact, thick”). Derived terms pycnitis pycnidium pycnite pycnocline pycnofiber pycnogenol pycnogonid pycnometer pycnonuclear pycnostyle pyknic pyknolepsy pyknometer pyknosis pyknotic
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