Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microphenocryst

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-crophe-nocryst
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small crystal in a fine-grained porphyritic rock.

Example Sentences

"The basalt of Goose Island of the Ice Harbor Member is unique for the occurrence of microphenocrysts of ilmenite and titanmagnetite."

Etymology

From micro- + phenocryst.

Inflected Forms

microphenocrysts (plural)

Derived Forms

microphenocrystic

Questions

What does microphenocryst mean?: A very small crystal in a fine-grained porphyritic rock.
Where does microphenocryst come from?: From micro- + phenocryst.

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