TREMOLITE

Meaning of TREMOLITE in English

[ 'trɛm(ə)lʌɪt ]

■ noun a white to grey amphibole mineral which occurs widely in igneous rocks and is characteristic of metamorphosed dolomitic limestones.

Origin

C18: from Tremola Valley, Switzerland, + -ite 1 .

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TREMOLITE — noun Etymology: French trémolite, from Tremola, valley in Switzerland Date: 1799 a white or gray mineral of the amphibole group …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TREMOLITE — ˈtreməˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French trémolite, from Tremola valley in the Alps, southern Switzerland + French -ite : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREMOLITE — (n.) A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
Английский словарь Webster
TREMOLITE — ( n. ) A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TREMOLITE — — tremolitic /trem"euh lit"ik/ , adj. /trem"euh luyt'/ , n. Mineral. a white or grayish variety of amphibole, Ca 2 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREMOLITE — noun Etymology: French trémolite, from Tremola, valley in Switzerland Date: 1799 : a white or gray mineral of the amphibole …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREMOLITE — noun a white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
Webster English vocab
TREMOLITE — [trem.o.lite] n [F tremolite, fr. Tremola, valley in Switzerland] (1799): a white or gray mineral of the amphibole group that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREMOLITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 812.37 gm) Calcium 9.87 % Ca Magnesium 14.96 % Mg …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
TREMOLITE — тремолит (минералогия) тремолит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREMOLITE — n мин. тремолит
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TREMOLITE — тремолит
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TREMOLITE — (n) тремолит
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TREMOLITE — n мин. тремолит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TREMOLITE — n мин. тремолит
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TREMOLITE — тремолит (минералогия) тремолит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREMOLITE — n. Pronunciation: ' tre-m ə - ˌ l ī t Function: noun Etymology: French trémolite, from Tremola, valley in Switzerland …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SODA-TREMOLITE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a mineral Na 2 CaMg 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2 consisting of an amphibole that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREMOLITIC — adjective see: tremolite
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
ASBESTOS — Any of several minerals that separate readily into long, flexible fibres. amphibole group and include the highly fibrous forms of …
Английский словарь Британика
TREMOLITIC — adjective see tremolite
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
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
AMPHIBOLE — (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, …
Английский словарь Webster
AMPHIBOLE — ( n. ) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AMPHIBOLE — /am"feuh bohl'/ , n. Mineral. any of a complex group of hydrous silicate minerals, containing chiefly calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TALC — common silicate mineral that is distinguished from almost all other minerals by its extreme softness (it has the lowest rating …
Britannica English vocabulary
RICHTERITE — also called soda tremolite amphibole mineral, a sodium silicate of calcium and magnesium or manganese. It occurs in thermally metamorphosed …
Britannica English vocabulary
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

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