CRISTOBALITE

Meaning of CRISTOBALITE in English

[ krɪ'stəʊbəlʌɪt ]

■ noun a form of silica which is the main component of opal.

Origin

C19: named after Cerro San Cristóbal in Mexico, where it was discovered.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CRISTOBALITE — kriˈstōbəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: German cristobalit, from Cerro San Cristóbal, Pachuca, Mexico + German -it -ite : silica …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRISTOBALITE — /kri stoh"beuh luyt'/ , n. Mineral. a polymorph of quartz occurring in volcanic rock in the form of colorless, translucent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRISTOBALITE — the stable form of silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) between its melting point of 1,728 C (3,142 F) and 1,470 C …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRISTOBALITE — n. Mineral. a principal form of silica, occurring as opal. [G Cristobalit f. Cerro San Crist×bal in Mexico]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRISTOBALITE — n. Mineral. a principal form of silica, occurring as opal. [ G Cristobalit f. Cerro San Cristóbal in Mexico ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRISTOBALITE — n. Mineral. a principal form of silica, occurring as opal. Etymology: G Cristobalit f. Cerro San Crist{oacute}bal in Mexico
Oxford English vocab
CRISTOBALITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: SiO2 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 60.08 gm) Silicon 46.74 % Si Oxygen 53.26 % O Empirical …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
CRISTOBALITE — кристобалит (минералогия) кристобалит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRISTOBALITE — n мин. кристобалит
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRISTOBALITE — кристобалит (кристаллическая форма кремния)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CRISTOBALITE — (n) кристобалит
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CRISTOBALITE — n мин. кристобалит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CRISTOBALITE — n мин. кристобалит
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CRISTOBALITE — мин. кристобалит
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
CRISTOBALITE — кристобалит (минералогия) кристобалит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
Английский словарь Британика
INVERT — I. ə̇nˈvər]t, -və̄], -vəi], usu ]d.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Latin invertere, from in- in- (II) + vertere to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILICA — ˈsilə̇kə, -lēkə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin silic-, silex hard stone, flint, quartz — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRIDYMITE — silica mineral, the stable form of silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) at temperatures between 870 and 1,470 C (1,598 and 2,678 …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRACHYTE — light-coloured, very fine-grained extrusive igneous rock that is composed chiefly of alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILICEOUS ROCK — any of a group of sedimentary rocks that consist largely or almost entirely of silicon dioxide (SiO2), either as quartz …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILICA MINERAL — any one of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILICA — also called Silicon Dioxide, compound of the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust, silicon and oxygen, SiO2. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
POLYMORPHISM — in crystallography, the condition in which a solid chemical compound exists in more than one crystalline form; the forms differ …
Britannica English vocabulary
OPAL — Carved opal silica mineral extensively used as a gemstone, a submicrocrystalline variety of cristobalite (q.v.). In ancient times opal was …
Britannica English vocabulary
LUSSATITE — a widespread silica mineral, the fibrous variety of low-temperature cristobalite (compare opal) that occurs with opal and chalcedony near the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LECHATELIERITE — a natural silica glass (silicon dioxide, SiO2) that has the same chemical composition as coesite, cristobalite, keatite, quartz, and tridymite …
Britannica English vocabulary
INDUSTRIAL GLASS
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COESITE — a high-pressure polymorph (crystal form) of silica, silicon dioxide (SiO2). It has essentially the same composition as the minerals cristobalite, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
КРИСТОБАЛИТ — cristobalite мин.
Русско-Английский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям

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