how to pronounce diatom

/ˈdaɪətəm/

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diatom is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of diatom

noun:

Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.

diatom frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word diatom occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics diatom can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that diatom can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;