Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trinitite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trini-tite
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of atomsite: any melt glasses left by atomic bombs

Uncountable

Etymology

From Trinity + -ite.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Phrases

impact glass fusion crust

Frequently Paired Words

impactite impact glass fulgurite fusion crust

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Questions

What does trinitite mean?
The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
Where does trinitite come from?
From Trinity + -ite.

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