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tiemannite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tie-man-nite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Tiemann + -ite, after Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tiemannites (plural)

Questions

What does tiemannite mean?
An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.
Where does tiemannite come from?
From Tiemann + -ite, after Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899).

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