zirconia

What does zirconia mean?

zirconia means "a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes".

How many syllables are in zirconia?

zirconia has 4 syllables and divides as zir-co-ni-a 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 zirconia?

Close synonyms include zirconium oxide, zirconium dioxide. 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 zirconia a common word?

zirconia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for zirconia come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.