xenosphere
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A particulate remnant of carbon released in the combustion of oil or coal.
Example Sentences
- "There is good evidence that with burning oil sprays the larger droplets may crack to carbon, sometimes forming xenospheres which pass through the flame front."
- "In the region of the spray cone rather large vaporizing or burning oil droplets up to 100 rim, or their residuals like xenospheres, will be found."
Etymology
From xeno- + -sphere.