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bowenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bowen-ite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it, + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bowenites (plural)

Questions

What does bowenite mean?
A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
Where does bowenite come from?
Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it, + -ite.

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