martensitic
/ˌmɑɹtɪnˈsɪtɪk/adjective
martensitic is spelled M-A-R-T-E-N-S-I-T-I-C: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, martensitic means “Of, containing, or relating to martensite, a certain crystalline structure that can occur in steel under some conditions and can also occasionally…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in martensitic?
| Letters | 11: M-A-R-T-E-N-S-I-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is martensitic?
Martensitic appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce martensitic?
- US /ˌmɑɹtɪnˈsɪtɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-martensitic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with martensitic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as martensitic from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪk/):
- critic
- Semitic
- parasitic
- electrolytic
- anxiolytic
- diacritic
- sybaritic
- Glagolitic
- granulocytic
- chondritic
- mephitic
- proclitic
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of martensitic
- more martensitic comparative
- most martensitic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does martensitic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, containing, or relating to martensite, a certain crystalline structure that can occur in steel under some conditions and can also occasionally occur naturally in meteoric matter or mineral veins.
martensitic steel
- 2
Of or relating to a diffusionless transition of one crystal structure to another generated by coordinated atomic, ionic or molecular displacements over small distances (so named because first studied in martensite).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Martensitic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | martensitisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does martensitic come from?
From martensite + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).