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moissanite

US/ˈmɔi.sə.nait/

moissanite noun: crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.

Noun

moissanite (countable and uncountable, plural moissanites)

  1. Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
    • A new diamond simulant that is harder to detect than current simulants will debut in early 1997, The material -- synthetic moissanite -- is thermally conductive like diamond, readering conventional testers obsolete for this characteristic.1996 EEE Circular-keystone: JCK. - Volume 167 - Page 32

Forms of moissanite

pluralmoissanites

Origin of moissanite

From Moissan + -ite; the mineral form of silicon carbide was named moissanite in honor of chemist Henri Moissan.^([1]) ².

Questions about moissanite

What does moissanite mean?
Moissanite means crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
What part of speech is moissanite?
Moissanite is a noun.
How do you pronounce moissanite?
Moissanite is pronounced /ˈmɔi.sə.nait/ (US).
What is the plural of moissanite?
The plural of moissanite is moissanites.

Words near moissanite in the dictionary

  1. Moishy
  2. Moisie
  3. Moism
  4. Moison
  5. Moissan
  6. moissanite
  7. moissanites
  8. Moisset
  9. Moisson
  10. moist
  11. moist media

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