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Definition: Vulcanite |
VulcaniteNoun1. A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Hard, brownish-black or red product obtained by vulcanising rubber, including synthetic rubber, with a high proportion of sulphur. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An orthorhombic mineral, CuTe ; with rickardite and native tellurium, it forms coatings on rocks; occurs at the Good Hope Mine, Vulcan, CO. b. A dark-colored, hard variety of vulcanized India rubber that differs from the softer rubber in having been vulcanized at a high temperature; ebonite. It takes a high polish, and is used for making combs, ornaments, etc., and in electrical work because of its fine insulating propertie. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: VulcaniteSynonyms: ebonite (n), hard rubber (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: ebonite (european union, industry), hard rubber, hardened rubber. |
Crosswords: Vulcanite |
| Specialty definitions using "vulcanite": Smith pessary. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vulcanite" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (vulcanite), Portuguese (vulcanite). |
| "Vulcanite" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Vulcanite" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vulcanite | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vulcanite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفلكانيت مطاط صلد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vulkanit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ebonit (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | eboniet (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kovakumi, eboniitti (ebonite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ébonite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ebonit (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκληρό καουτσούκ, σκληρυμμένο καουτσούκ (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber), βουλκανίτησ, εβονίτης (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vulcanite (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), ebanite (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | vulcaaneit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulcanitevay ebonite (ebonite, ebony, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) эбонит (ebonite), вулканизированная резина. (various references) vulcanita, ebonita (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber), caucho endurecido (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber). (various references) ebonit (ebonite). (various references) vulkanit. (various references) ебоніт (ebonite). (various references) cao su cứng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Vulcanite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vulcanise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vulcanite" (pronounced 'Vul"can*ite'): Abderite, Abietite, Accite, Aciculite, Aconite, Acquisite, Acrite, Adamite, Adiaphorite, Aerolite, Aerosiderite, Agalmatolite, Albertite, Albite, Allanite, Allochroite, Alunite, Ambrite, Ammite, Ammonite, Ampelite, Analcite, Andalusite, Andesite, Anglesite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Anorthite, Anorthosite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthraconite, Anthropolite, Anthropomorphite, Anthropopathite, Anthropophagite, Antimonite, Apatite, Aphanite, Aphrite, Apophyllite, Apotactite, Appetite, Apposite, Aragonite, Archimandrite, Arenicolite, Areopagite, Argentite, Argillite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: alunite, cauline, cutline, linecut, lunatic, tunicae, tunicle, vauntie, venatic, ventail, victual, vincula. | |
-3 letters: acetin, active, aculei, alevin, alvine, atelic, auntie, cantle, catlin, centai, cental, client, cuneal, eluant, eluvia, enatic, entail, incult, inlace, lacune, lancet, launce, lectin, lentic, leucin, levant, lucent, luetic, lunate, lutein, native, nuclei, tenail, tincal, tineal, tunica, unciae, uncial, unlace. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: novaculite. | |
+2 letters: countervail, inoculative, involucrate, novaculites, ventricular, vulcanisate, vulcanizate. | |
+3 letters: consultative, countervails, multivalence, revictualing, uncultivable, uncultivated, vesiculating, vesiculation, vulcanisates, vulcanizates. | |
+4 letters: countervailed, lucrativeness, multivalences, noncultivated, noncumulative, recultivating, revictualling, ultraviolence, vermiculation, vesiculations, vulcanicities. | |
+5 letters: anticonvulsive, avuncularities, coevolutionary, countervailing, cumulativeness, curvilinearity, macroevolution, nonspeculative, ultraviolences, unattractively, unconventional, universalistic, vermiculations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 75 6C 63 61 6E 69 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- ..- .-.. -.-. .- -. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01110101 01101100 01100011 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V u l c a n i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0075 006C 0063 0061 006E 0069 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)568778696780758671 |
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