Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

howardite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: howardite
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An achondritic stony meteorite.

Example Sentences

"The recommended criterion is based on the amount of magnesian ortho‐pyroxenite (diogenite) component in the meteorite. Howardites contain more than 10% and polymict eucrites contain less than 10%."

Etymology

From Howard + -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Howard

Inflected Forms

howardites (plural)

Derived Forms

HED howarditic

Questions

What does howardite mean?: An achondritic stony meteorite.
Where does howardite come from?: From Howard + -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.

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