Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diasporite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-as-porite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.

noun

A diasporan, a member of a diaspora.

Example Sentences

"Diasporites are also metamorphic rocks, which contain mainly diaspore along with hematite, chloritoid and margarite. They show the same texture as the emery deposits and are found in the same geological position in Southwest Anatolia."
"[…] as much as diasporites (such as the Bundists and the folkists), socialists as much as capitalists, Marxists as much as utopianists. Whatever all these “guides of the Jewish perplexed” derided and despised, he accepted, […]"
"These diasporites, some of whom arrived in India as early as 2,500 years ago, […]"

Etymology

From diaspore + -ite.

Inflected Forms

diasporites (plural)

Questions

What does diasporite mean?: A kind of metamorphic rock that contains diaspore.
Where does diasporite come from?: From diaspore + -ite.

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