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fluorapatite

/flʊəˈɹæpətaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
flu-o-ra-p-atite
IPA
/flʊəˈɹæpətaɪt/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

fluorapatites (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fluorapatite?
The recorded pronunciation is /flʊəˈɹæpətaɪt/.
What does fluorapatite mean?
A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.

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