CHRYSOTILE

Meaning of CHRYSOTILE in English

[ 'krɪsə(ʊ)tʌɪl ]

■ noun a fibrous form of the mineral serpentine.

Origin

C19: from Gk khrusos 'gold' + tilos 'fibre'.

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

CHRYSOTILE — noun Etymology: German Chrysotil, from chrys- + -til fiber, from Greek tillein to pluck Date: 1850 a mineral consisting of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRYSOTILE — Fibrous variety of the magnesium silicate mineral serpentine ; it is the most important asbestos mineral. Individual fibres are white …
Английский словарь Британика
CHRYSOTILE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌtīl noun ( -s ) Etymology: German chrysotil, from chrys- + Greek tilos anything plucked (as hair or fiber), from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRYSOTILE — /kris"euh til/ , n. Mineral. a fibrous variety of serpentine; asbestos. [ 1840-50; CHRYSO- + Gk tílos something plucked ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRYSOTILE — noun Etymology: German Chrysotil, from chrys- + -til fiber, from Greek tillein to pluck Date: 1850 : a mineral consisting …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRYSOTILE — [chrys.o.tile] n [G Chrysotil, fr. chrys- + -til fiber, fr. Gk tillein to pluck] (1850): a mineral consisting of a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRYSOTILE — (Greek: "hair of gold"), fibrous variety of the magnesium silicate mineral serpentine; chrysotile is the most important asbestos mineral. Chrysotile …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHRYSOTILE — chrysotile BrE AmE ˈkrɪs ə taɪ ə l -tɪl, § \ -t ə l
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHRYSOTILE — n. Fibrous variety of the magnesium silicate mineral serpentine ; it is the most important asbestos mineral. Individual fibres are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHRYSOTILE — хризотил (минералогия) хризотил, переливчатый асбест
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRYSOTILE — n мин. хризотил, переливчатый асбест
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHRYSOTILE — минер. хризотил, канадский асбест
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CHRYSOTILE — (n) переливчатый асбест; хризотил
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CHRYSOTILE — n мин. хризотил, переливчатый асбест
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CHRYSOTILE — n мин. хризотил, переливчатый асбест
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHRYSOTILE — хризотил (минералогия) хризотил, переливчатый асбест
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRYSOTILE — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ t ī (- ə )l Function: noun Etymology: German Chrysotil, from chrys- + -til fiber, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ASBESTOS — noun Etymology: Middle English albeston mineral supposed to be inextinguishable when set on fire, probably from Middle French abeston, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SERPENTINE — Any of a group of magnesium-rich silicate minerals whose composition resembles Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 . …
Английский словарь Британика
PERIDOTITE — Coarse-grained, heavy, igneous rock that contains at least 10% olivine , other iron-and magnesium-rich minerals (generally feldspar . Peridotite is …
Английский словарь Британика
CROCIDOLITE — or blue asbestos Gray-blue to green, highly fibrous (asbestiform) form of the amphibole mineral riebeckite. It has higher tensile strength …
Английский словарь Британика
SERPENTINE — I. ˈsərpən.ˌtēn, -tīn adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French serpentin, from Late Latin serpentinus, from Latin serpent-, serpens serpent …
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
ASBESTOS — — asbestine /as bes"tin, az-/ , asbestous , adj. — asbestoid, asbestoidal , adj. /as bes"teuhs, az-/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASBESTOS — noun Etymology: Middle English albeston mineral supposed to be inextinguishable when set on fire, probably from Middle French abeston, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASBESTOS — [as.bes.tos] n [ME albestron mineral supposed to be inextinguishable when set on fire, prob. fr. MF, fr. ML asbeston, alter. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SERPENTINE — any of a group of hydrous magnesium-rich silicate minerals. The composition of these common rock-forming minerals approximates Mg3Si2O5(OH)4. Serpentine generally …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERIDOTITE — a coarse-grained, dark-coloured, heavy, intrusive igneous rock that contains at least 10 percent olivine, other iron- and magnesia-rich minerals (generally …
Britannica English vocabulary
CROCIDOLITE — also called Blue Asbestos, a gray-blue to leek-green, fibrous form of the amphibole mineral riebeckite. It has a greater tensile …
Britannica English vocabulary
ASBESTOS — any of several minerals that readily separate into long, flexible fibres. Chrysotile, the fibrous form of the mineral serpentine, is …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTHOPHYLLITE — an amphibole mineral, a magnesium and iron silicate that occurs in altered rocks, such as the crystalline schists of Kongsberg, …
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SERPENTINE — n. Any of a group of magnesium-rich silicate minerals whose composition resembles Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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