Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precalciner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cal-cin-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber in which rawmix is heated and partially calcined prior to entering the cement kiln.

Example Sentences

"The dry process, using preheaters and precalciners, is both economically and environmentally preferable to the wet process because the energy consumption—200 joules per kilogram (J/kg)—is approximately half that for the wet process."

Etymology

From precalcine + -er.

Inflected Forms

precalciners (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

calciner

Questions

What does precalciner mean?: A chamber in which rawmix is heated and partially calcined prior to entering the cement kiln.
Where does precalciner come from?: From precalcine + -er.

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