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micanite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-can-ite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.

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Inflected Forms

micanites (plural)

Questions

What does micanite mean?
A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.
Where does micanite come from?
Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.

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