Definitions for pearlites

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pearlites pearl·ite

Spelling: [pur-lahyt]

IPA: /ˈpɜr laɪt/

Pearlites is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 868 anagrams from letters in pearlites (aeeilprst).

Definitions for pearlites

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 pearlites

First recorded in 1885-90; pearl¹ + -ite¹

Examples for pearlites

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

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

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