Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phacolith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pha-col-ith
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lens-shaped mass that occurs in an anticlinal crest or synclinal trough.

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Etymology

Coined by English geologist Alfred Harker in 1909 as phacolite, from phaco- (“lens”) + -lite or -lith (“rock”).

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What does phacolith mean?
A lens-shaped mass that occurs in an anticlinal crest or synclinal trough.
Where does phacolith come from?
Coined by English geologist Alfred Harker in 1909 as phacolite, from phaco- (“lens”) + -lite or -lith (“rock”).

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