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vantablack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
vantablack
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of super-black coatings that absorb almost all light.

Uncountable

noun

A very dark shade of black.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a very dark shade of black.

Etymology

From VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Vantablacks (plural)

Questions

What does vantablack mean?
A class of super-black coatings that absorb almost all light.
Where does vantablack come from?
From VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black.

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