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rectorite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rec-torite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named in 1891 by Richard Newman Brackett and John Francis Williams in honour of Colonel Elias William Rector (1847-1917), politician and attorney in Hot Springs, Arkansas who supported the formation of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Rector + -ite

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Inflected Forms

rectorites (plural)

Questions

What does rectorite mean?
A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
Where does rectorite come from?
Named in 1891 by Richard Newman Brackett and John Francis Williams in honour of Colonel Elias William Rector (1847-1917), politician and attorney in Hot Springs, Arkansas who supported the formation of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Rector + -ite

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