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gyrolite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gy-ro-lite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

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Inflected Forms

gyrolites (plural)

Questions

What does gyrolite mean?
A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
Where does gyrolite come from?
From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

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