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xenotime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
xeno-time
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

Usage

Inflected Forms

xenotimes (plural)

Questions

What does xenotime mean?
A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄)
Where does xenotime come from?
From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

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