Definitions for pearlite

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pearlite pearl·ite

Spelling: [pur-lahyt]

IPA: /ˈpɜr laɪt/

Pearlite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 349 anagrams from letters in pearlite (aeeilprt).

Definitions for pearlite

noun

1. Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
2. Petrography. perlite.
3. a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.

Origin of pearlite

First recorded in 1885-90; pearl¹ + -ite¹

Examples for pearlite

Several other ingredients of importance, as pearlite, illustrated on the opposite page, have also been studied.

The iron thus liberated, as the ferrite of this pearlite, changes simultaneously to α-ferrite.

The magnification is too small to show the zebra striping of the pearlite.