EVAPORITE

Meaning of EVAPORITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈva-pə-ˌrīt ]

noun

Etymology: evapor ation + -ite (I)

Date: 1924

: a sedimentary rock (as gypsum) that originates by evaporation of seawater in an enclosed basin

• evap·o·rit·ic -ˌva-pə-ˈri-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

EVAPORITE — noun Etymology: evaporation + 1-ite Date: 1924 a sedimentary rock (as gypsum) that originates by evaporation of seawater in an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EVAPORITE — Any of a variety of minerals found in sedimentary deposits of soluble salts that result from the evaporation of water. …
Английский словарь Британика
EVAPORITE — ə̇ˈvapəˌrīt, ēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: evapor ation + -ite : a sedimentary rock (as gypsum or salt) that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVAPORITE — /i vap"euh ruyt'/ , n. Geol. any sedimentary rock, as gypsum or rock salt, formed by precipitation from evaporating seawater. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVAPORITE — n. sedimentary rock formed by evaporating sea water (Geology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVAPORITE — [ ɪ'vapərʌɪt ] ■ noun Geology a natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EVAPORITE — [evap.o.rite] n [evaporation + [1]-ite] (1924): a sedimentary rock (as gypsum) that originates by evaporation of seawater in an enclosed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVAPORITE — any of a variety of individual minerals found in the sedimentary deposit of soluble salts that results from the evaporation …
Britannica English vocabulary
EVAPORITE — n. Any of a variety of minerals found in sedimentary deposits of soluble salts that result from the evaporation of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EVAPORITE — эвапорит, эвапорат (осадочная соль)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EVAPORITE — n. Pronunciation: i- ' va-p ə - ˌ r ī t Function: noun Etymology: evapor ation + 1 -ite Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EVAPORITIC — adjective see: evaporite
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HALITE — Naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite occurs on all continents, in beds that range from a …
Английский словарь Британика
ANHYDRITE — Rock-forming mineral, anhydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO 4 ), which differs chemically from gypsum (to which it changes in humid conditions) …
Английский словарь Британика
EVAPORITIC — see evaporite
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VARVED DEPOSIT — any form of repetitive sedimentary rock stratification, either bed or lamination, that was deposited within a one-year time period. This …
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TRONA — an evaporite mineral, hydrated sodium bicarbonate [Na3H(CO3)22H2O], occasionally encountered as a saline lake deposit or evaporation product and as an …
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SYLVITE — halide mineral, potassium chloride (KCl), the chief source of potassium. It is rarer than halite (sodium chloride) and occurs as …
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SULFATE MINERAL — sulfate also spelled Sulphate, any naturally occurring salt of sulfuric acid. About 200 distinct kinds of sulfates are recorded in …
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK — rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the …
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POLYHALITE — a sulfate mineral in evaporite deposits that often occurs with anhydrite and halite. Its name, from the Greek words meaning …
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HYDROSPHERE — discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth's surface. It includes all liquid and frozen surface waters, groundwater held …
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HALITE — naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite occurs on all continents in beds that range from a …
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HALIDE MINERAL — any of a group of naturally occurring inorganic compounds that are salts of the halogen acids (e.g., hydrochloric acid). Such …
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GYPSUM — common sulfate mineral of great commercial importance, composed of hydrated calcium sulfate (CaSO4 2H2O). In well-developed crystals the mineral commonly …
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GYPCRETE — also called Gypcrust, gypsum-cemented duricrust, an indurated, or hardened, layer formed on or in soil. It generally occurs in a …
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DOLOMITE — type of limestone the carbonate fraction of which is dominated by the mineral dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate [CaMg(CO3)2]. For detailed …
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BORATE MINERAL — any of various naturally occurring compounds of boron and oxygen. Most borate minerals are rare, but some form large deposits …
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SILURIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ЭВАПОРИТОВАЯ ПОКРЫШКА — evaporite cap, evaporite rock
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