cenosphere
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A porous or hollow carbonaceous sphere-like particle formed during pyrolysis or in the course of the combustion of coal.
Etymology
Etymology tree English ceno- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English cenosphere From ceno- + -sphere.