collineation
noun
collineation is spelled C-O-L-L-I-N-E-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collineation means “The act of collineating; collimation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collineation is collineations.
How many letters and syllables are in collineation?
| Letters | 12: C-O-L-L-I-N-E-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is collineation?
Collineation appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce collineation?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-collineation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of collineation
- collineations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collineation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of collineating; collimation.
- 2
An isomorphism from one projective space to another, often to itself.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does collineation come from?
From Latin collineare to direct in a straight line. See collimation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).