lechatelierite

Questions about lechatelierite

What does lechatelierite mean?

lechatelierite means "colorless glass made of almost pure silica".

How many syllables are in lechatelierite?

lechatelierite has 5 syllables and divides as le-cha-te-lie-rite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lechatelierite?

Close synonyms include quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, crystal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lechatelierite a common word?

lechatelierite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.