TENORITE


Meaning of TENORITE in English

/ten"euh ruyt'/ , n.

a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.

[ 1860-65; named after G. Tenore (d. 1861), president of Naples Academy; see -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .