Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vickers hardness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: vick-er-s hard-ness
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hardness of a material according to the Vickers hardness test, based on its ability to resist plastic deformation from a standard source.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Developed at Vickers Limited, founded by miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Vickers hardnesses (plural)

Questions

What does vickers hardness mean?: The hardness of a material according to the Vickers hardness test, based on its ability to resist plastic deformation from a standard source.
Where does vickers hardness come from?: Developed at Vickers Limited, founded by miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828.

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