Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hilt's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hilt's law
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.

Etymology

Observed by professor Carl Hilt (1873).

Questions

What does hilt's law mean?: A geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.
Where does hilt's law come from?: Observed by professor Carl Hilt (1873).

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