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bowieite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bowieite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.

Uncountable

noun

A fan of English musician and actor David Bowie (1947–2016).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Bowie + -ite, after Scottish geologist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Bowieites (plural)

Questions

What does bowieite mean?
A rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.
Where does bowieite come from?
From Bowie + -ite, after Scottish geologist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008).

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