Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gahnite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gah-nite
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818) in 1807.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gahnites (plural)

Questions

What does gahnite mean?: A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.
Where does gahnite come from?: Named after Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818) in 1807.

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