ACTINOLITE

Meaning of ACTINOLITE in English

[ ak'tɪnəlʌɪt ]

■ noun a green mineral of the amphibole group occurring chiefly in metamorphic rocks and as a form of asbestos.

Origin

C18: from Gk aktis , aktin- 'ray' + lithos 'stone' (because of the ray-like crystals).

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

ACTINOLITE — noun Date: 1796 a bright green or grayish-green mineral of the amphibole group that is a silicate of calcium, magnesium, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACTINOLITE — Colourless to green amphibole mineral, darkening with increased iron content from green to black. It has a prismatic and splintery …
Английский словарь Британика
ACTINOLITE — akˈtinəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: actin- + -lite; translation of German strahlstein : a mineral consisting of a bright …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACTINOLITE — (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Английский словарь Webster
ACTINOLITE — ( n. ) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ACTINOLITE — — actinolitic /ak tin'l it"ik, ak'teuh nl-/ , adj. /ak tin"l uyt', ak"teuh nl-/ , n. Mineral. a variety of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACTINOLITE — noun Date: 1796 : a bright green or grayish-green mineral of the amphibole group that is a silicate of calcium, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACTINOLITE — noun a bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Webster English vocab
ACTINOLITE — [ac.tin.o.lite] n (ca. 1828): a bright or grayish green amphibole occurring in fibrous, radiate, or columnar forms
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACTINOLITE — an amphibole mineral in the tremolite-actinolite-ferrotremolite series of calcium, magnesium, and iron silicates. The minerals in this series are abundant …
Britannica English vocabulary
ACTINOLITE — n. Colourless to green amphibole mineral, darkening with increased iron content from green to black. It has a prismatic and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ACTINOLITE — n. Strahlstein, ray-stone.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ACTINOLITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)5Si8O22(OH)2 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 875.45 gm) Calcium 9.16 % Ca Magnesium 8.33 % Mg Iron …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
ACTINOLITE — 1) актинолитовый 2) актинлит 3) актиноид ∙ - actinolite asbestos (минералогия) актинолит, лучистый камень
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ACTINOLITE — n мин. актинолит, лучистый камень
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ACTINOLITE — 1) актинлит 2) актиноид 3) актинолитовый
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ACTINOLITE — (n) актинолит; лучистый камень
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ACTINOLITE — n мин. актинолит, лучистый камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ACTINOLITE — n мин. актинолит, лучистый камень
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ACTINOLITE — 1) актинолитовый 2) актинлит 3) актиноид ∙ - actinolite asbestos (минералогия) актинолит, лучистый камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ACTINOLITE — n. Pronunciation: ak- ' ti-n ə - ˌ l ī t Function: noun Date: 1796 : a bright green or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NEPHRITE — noun Etymology: German Nephrit, from Greek nephros; from its formerly being worn as a remedy for kidney diseases Date: 1794 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEPHRITE — Gem-quality, usually green silicate mineral in the tremolite-actinolite-ferrotremolite series of amphibole s. It is the less prized but more common …
Английский словарь Британика
GREENSCHIST FACIES — One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, encompassing the rocks that formed under fairly …
Английский словарь Британика
ASBESTOS — Any of several minerals that separate readily into long, flexible fibres. amphibole group and include the highly fibrous forms of …
Английский словарь Британика
AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS — Collective term for three highly fibrous (asbestiform) varieties of amphibole: crocidolite , amosite , and actinolite . All have long, …
Английский словарь Британика
ACTINOLITIC — adjective see actinolite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASBESTOS — I. noun also as·bes·tus asˈbestəs also azˈ- or əsˈ- or əzˈ- ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English asbestus mineral supposed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEPHRITE — ˈneˌfrīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: German nephrit, from nephr- + -it -ite : a compact tremolite or actinolite constituting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIRSTONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably translation of German haarstein : quartz thickly penetrated with hairlike crystals of rutile, actinolite, or other …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPHIBOLE GROUP — noun : a group of minerals (as anthophyllite, tremolite, actinolite, and hornblende) with essentially like crystal structures involving a silicate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAGENITIC — (a.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, …
Английский словарь Webster

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