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flakelet

noun

Etymology

From flake + -let.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. suffixed as flakelet — “flake + let”

Definitions

  1. A small flake.

    • The first flake or flakelet that reached me was a mere white speck that came idly circling and eddying to the ground.
    • The hardened layer by induction hardening shows nubby and surface flaking, the length of the flakelet is 5-10 mm, the depth is 0.35–0.55 mm, two sides of the hollow slopes from the bottom to the surface.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA