Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceylonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cey-lonite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ceylon + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Ceylon

Usage

Inflected Forms

ceylonites (plural)

Synonyms

pleonaste

Questions

What does ceylonite mean?: A ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron.
Where does ceylonite come from?: From Ceylon + -ite.

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