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moissanites

moissanites is the plural of moissanite.

Meaning of moissanite

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

Questions about moissanites

What is moissanites the plural of?
Moissanites is the plural of moissanite.

Words near moissanites in the dictionary

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

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