k'fai-sanek-ne'hish
k'fai-sanek-ne'hish is a word in Vulcan meaning ‘osmotic pressure’.
Meaning
osmotic pressure
Pronunciation
Sound out k'fai-sanek-ne'hish letter by letter:
- kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
- fff as in 'far'
- aiaɪi as in 'high'
- sss as in 'sun'
- aɐa as in 'cup' (open, central)
- nnn as in 'no'
- eɛe as in 'bet'
- kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
- nnn as in 'no'
- eɛe as in 'bet'
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
- hhh as in 'hat'
- iiee as in 'see'
- shʃsh as in 'shoe'
Usage notes
the pressure exerted by the flow of water through a semipermeable membrane separating two solutions with different concentrations of solute