pearlite
Meaning of pearlite
noun
a finely laminated mixture of ferrite and cementite present in cast iron and steel, formed by the cooling of austenite.
late 19th century: from pearl1 + -ite1.
noun
a form of obsidian consisting of glassy globules, used as insulation or in plant growth media.
mid 19th century: from French, from perle ‘pearl’.
Information about pearlite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of pearlite is: pearlites.
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Hyphenation of pearlite
pearlite
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- pearlite is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with pearlite
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