Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypersthenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-s-then-ite
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hypersthene + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hypersthene

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypersthenites (plural)

Questions

What does hypersthenite mean?: A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin.
Where does hypersthenite come from?: From hypersthene + -ite.

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