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Crypsis is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Crypsis in a sentence

Crypsis meaning

The ability of an organism to avoid observation.

Using Crypsis

  • The main meaning on this page is: The ability of an organism to avoid observation.

Context around Crypsis

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

seealso 1× use 1×

Often after:

seealso 1× means 1× helping 1×

Sentence patterns with Crypsis

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

contribute to crypsis helping to 1× crypsis seealso crypsis 1× crypsis seealso crypsis means making 1× to use crypsis for predator 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

crypsis seealso crypsis 1× the horns of 1×

Common sentence endings:

not have horns 1× protect without hiding 1× sound or scent 1×

Words around Crypsis

Just before it in the word index:

cryp 2 cryovolcanism 2 cryotherapy 11 cryostat 2 cryostasis 2 cryospheric 2

Just after it in the word index:

crypt 118 cryptanalysis 40 cryptanalyst 4 cryptanalysts 13 cryptanalytic 11 cryptaur 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Crypsis

  • In this selection, "crypsis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, seealso, use, seealso, means and helping stand out and add context to how "crypsis" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include contribute to crypsis helping to and crypsis seealso crypsis. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crypsis" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crypsis

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Most of the methods contribute to crypsis, helping to hide against a background; but mimesis and motion dazzle protect without hiding. (21 words)

Crypsis seeAlso Crypsis means making the animal or military equipment hard to see (or to detect in other ways, such as by sound or scent). (25 words)

The horns of female bovids are believed to have evolved for defence against predators or to express territoriality, as nonterritorial females, which are able to use crypsis for predator defence, often do not have horns. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

The horns of female bovids are believed to have evolved for defence against predators or to express territoriality, as nonterritorial females, which are able to use crypsis for predator defence, often do not have horns. (35 words)

Crypsis seeAlso Crypsis means making the animal or military equipment hard to see (or to detect in other ways, such as by sound or scent). (25 words)

Most of the methods contribute to crypsis, helping to hide against a background; but mimesis and motion dazzle protect without hiding. (21 words)

Example sentences (3)

Crypsis seeAlso Crypsis means making the animal or military equipment hard to see (or to detect in other ways, such as by sound or scent).

Most of the methods contribute to crypsis, helping to hide against a background; but mimesis and motion dazzle protect without hiding.

The horns of female bovids are believed to have evolved for defence against predators or to express territoriality, as nonterritorial females, which are able to use crypsis for predator defence, often do not have horns.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crypsis" in a sentence?
An example: "Crypsis seeAlso Crypsis means making the animal or military equipment hard to see (or to detect in other ways, such as by sound or scent)." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "crypsis" from authentic English texts.
What does "crypsis" mean?
Crypsis means: The ability of an organism to avoid observation.
How many example sentences with "crypsis" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "crypsis", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.