Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whitlockite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whit-lock-ite
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare form of calcium phosphate.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Whitlock + -ite, after Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Whitlock

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

whitlockites (plural)

Derived Forms

strontiowhitlockite

Questions

What does whitlockite mean?: A rare form of calcium phosphate.
Where does whitlockite come from?: From Whitlock + -ite, after Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist.

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