STISHOVITE

Meaning of STISHOVITE in English

ˈstishəˌvīt noun

( -s )

Etymology: Sergeĭ M. Stishov , 20th century Russ. mineralogist + English -ite

: a dense tetragonal mineral SiO 2 consisting of silicon dioxide that is a polymorph of quartz and that is formed under great pressure

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

STISHOVITE — /stish"euh vuyt'/ , n. Mineral. a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO 2 , formed under very high pressure, as by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STISHOVITE — [ 'stɪʃəvʌɪt ] ■ noun a dense form of silica produced by very high pressures, e.g. in meteorite craters. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STISHOVITE — high-pressure, metastable polymorph of silica (SiO2), having a rutile-type tetragonal structure; silicon is in six-fold coordination with oxygen while each …
Britannica English vocabulary
STISHOVITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: SiO2 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 60.08 gm) Silicon 46.74 % Si Oxygen 53.26 % O Empirical …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
STISHOVITE — минер. стишовит (русское) (минералогия) стишовит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STISHOVITE — n русск. мин. стишовит
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STISHOVITE — минер. стишовит
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STISHOVITE — (n) стишовит
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STISHOVITE — n русск. мин. стишовит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STISHOVITE — n русск. мин. стишовит
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STISHOVITE — крист. стишовит
Англо-Русский физический словарь
STISHOVITE — минер. стишовит (русское) (минералогия) стишовит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
Английский словарь Британика
COESITE — /koh"suyt/ , n. Mineral. a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILICA MINERAL — any one of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUARTZ — widely distributed mineral of many varieties that consists primarily of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2). Minor impurities such as lithium, …
Britannica English vocabulary
METAMORPHIC ROCK — any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing environmental conditions, …
Britannica English vocabulary
METEOR CRATER — also called Barringer Crater, Coon Butte, Arizona Meteor Crater, or Canyon Diablo, rimmed, bowl-shaped pit produced by a large meteorite …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MINERAL — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Minerals See also gem , rock . kaolinite actinolite kernite agate kieserite alabaster kunzite …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
СТИШОВИТ — минер. stishovite
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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