zirconolitenoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zirconolite mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zirconolite. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zirconolite?
| 1950 | 0.0049 |
| 1960 | 0.0091 |
| 1970 | 0.0089 |
| 1980 | 0.0087 |
| 1990 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 0.012 |
| 2010 | 0.015 |
How is the noun zirconolite pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zirconolite come from?
Earliest known use
1950s
The earliest known use of the noun zirconolite is in the 1950s.
OED's earliest evidence for zirconolite is from 1957, in Chemical Abstracts.
zirconolite is formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Russian lexical item.
Etymons: zircono- comb. form, ‑lite comb. form1.
Nearby entries
- zircon blue, n. & adj.1928–
- zircon earth, n.1794–
- zirconia, n.1794–
- zirconian, adj.1802–
- zirconic, adj.1804–
- zirconite, n.1806–
- zirconitic, adj.1883–
- zirconium, n.1808–
- zircon-like, adj.1857–
- zircono-, comb. form
- zirconolite, n.1957–
- zircon-syenite, n.1813–
- zirconyl, n.1887–
- zirkelite, n.1895–
- zit, n.1912–
- zit cream, n.1968–
- zitella, n.a1660–
- zit-face, n.1974–
- zit-faced, adj.1971–
- zither, n.1831–
- zither, v.1889–
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1957–Any of a group of very similar minerals which consist of mixed oxides of calcium, zirconium, and titanium, and occur as small black or brown prisms or more commonly in amorphous form.Chemical formula: CaZrTi2O7, usually with thorium, cerium, and other metals. Crystal system: orthorhombic (also monoclinic and trigonal).Very similar to zirkelite n., and sometimes not distinguished from it.
- 1957
The new mineral zirconolite, a complex oxide of the type AB3O7.
Chemical Abstracts vol. 51 6440 (heading) - 1980
Synthetic zirconolite..has been proposed as a constituent phase of an artificial rock (SYNROC) which may immobilise, in solid solution, the elements occurring in high-level nuclear reactor wastes.
Nature 17 January 282/1 - 2006
The residues' final waste form will be a ceramic composite employing zirconolite, which is appropriate for plutonium immobilization.
Platts NuclearFuel (Nexis) 22 May 13
the world the earth minerals types of mineral oxides and hydroxides [nouns] other oxides other mixed oxides- beudantite1826–A mineral occurring in modified acute rhombohedrons, containing sesquioxide of iron and oxide of lead, with phosphoric or arsenic acid, or both…
- thrombolite1844–Mineralogy. A copper mineral found in amorphous green masses, now known to be a mixture consisting mainly of pseudomalachite. Now rare or disused.
- corkite1875–A synonym of beudantite, n.
- zirkelite1895–A black or dark brown mineral which is a mixed oxide of zirconium, calcium, titanium, thorium, and other elements, occurring as small prisms or…
- russellite1938–A rare mineral consisting of bismuth tungstate, occurring as pale yellow or green fine-grained masses.
- zirconolite1957–Any of a group of very similar minerals which consist of mixed oxides of calcium, zirconium, and titanium, and occur as small black or brown…
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
zirconolite typically occurs about 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zirconolite is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zirconolite, n., 1950–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.0049 |
| 1960 | 0.0091 |
| 1970 | 0.0089 |
| 1980 | 0.0087 |
| 1990 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 0.012 |
| 2010 | 0.015 |