Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluocerite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flu-o-cerite
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fluocerite in the matrass yields water and at the melting point of glass the matrass is attacked at a distance from the assay."
"From an analysis of a specimen from Broddbo, Berzelius considered it a combination of the fluorine and the fluoride of cerium. The name fluocerite was given by Haidinger. Crystallographic data about the fluocerite from Broddbo have been published by A. E. Nordenskiöld and G. Flink."
"This shows that all fluocerites are strongly enriched in LRE but the proportions vary as shown by the sum of La + Ce + Pr which varies from 70 to 96% of the total RE content."

Etymology

From fluo- + cerite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fluo

Usage

Inflected Forms

fluocerites (plural)

Questions

What does fluocerite mean?: A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
Where does fluocerite come from?: From fluo- + cerite.

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