Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyanidation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
cyanida-tion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process

Etymology

Etymology tree English cyanide Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cyanidation From cyanide + -ation.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does cyanidation mean?
The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process
Where does cyanidation come from?
Etymology tree English cyanide Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cyanidation From cyanide + -ation.

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