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dickite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dick-ite
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Dick + -ite after Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926), Scottish metallurgical chemist.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dickites (plural)

Questions

What does dickite mean?
A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Where does dickite come from?
From Dick + -ite after Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926), Scottish metallurgical chemist.

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