Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hardenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hard-en-ite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]"

Etymology

From harden + -ite?

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hardenite mean?: A structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.
Where does hardenite come from?: From harden + -ite?

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