SMITHSONITE

Meaning of SMITHSONITE in English

/smith"seuh nuyt'/ , n. Mineral.

a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.

[ 1825-35; named after J. SMITHSON (who distinguished it from calamine); see -ITE 1 ]

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SMITHSONITE — noun Etymology: James Smithson Date: 1856 a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore of …
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SMITHSONITE — ˈsmithsəˌnīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: James Smithson died 1829 British chemist and mineralogist + English -ite 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMITHSONITE — (n.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or …
Английский словарь Webster
SMITHSONITE — ( n. ) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SMITHSONITE — noun Etymology: James Smithson Date: 1856 : a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMITHSONITE — noun native zinc carbonate. it generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or …
Webster English vocab
SMITHSONITE — [smith.son.ite] n [James Smithson] (1856): a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes an important ore of zinc
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMITHSONITE — formerly called Calamine, zinc carbonate (ZnCO3), a mineral that was the principal source of zinc until the 1880s, when it …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMITHSONITE — smithsonite BrE AmE ˈsmɪθ sə naɪt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SMITHSONITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: ZnCO3 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 125.40 gm) Zinc 52.15 % Zn Carbon 9.58 % C Oxygen …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
SMITHSONITE — смитсонит (минералогия) смитсонит, цинковый шпат
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMITHSONITE — n мин. смитсонит, цинковый шпат
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SMITHSONITE — смитсонит
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SMITHSONITE — (n) смитсонит; цинковый шпат
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SMITHSONITE — n мин. смитсонит, цинковый шпат
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SMITHSONITE — n мин. смитсонит, цинковый шпат
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SMITHSONITE — смитсонит (минералогия) смитсонит, цинковый шпат
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SMITHSONITE — Pronunciation: ' smith-s ə - ˌ n ī t Function: noun Etymology: James Smithson Date: 1856 : a mineral that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CARBONATE MINERAL — Any member of a family of minerals that contains the carbonate ion, CO 3 2- , as the basic structural …
Английский словарь Британика
ZINC — I. ˈziŋk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: German zink, perhaps from zinke point, barb, prong, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZINC SPAR — noun : smithsonite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZINC CARBONATE — noun : a crystalline salt ZnCO 3 occurring in nature as smithsonite ; also : any of several basic carbonates …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEMIMORPHITE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈmȯrˌfīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hemimorph ic + -ite; originally formed as German hemimorphit 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRY BONE — noun or dry-bone ore : smithsonite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALAMINE — ˈkaləˌmīn, _mə̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Medieval Latin calamina, alteration of Latin cadmia, Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AZULITE — -ˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish azul blue + English -ite : a mineral consisting of translucent pale blue …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZINC — (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as …
Английский словарь Webster
ZINC — ( n. ) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY-BONE ORE — /druy"bohn'/ , Mineral. a porous variety of smithsonite found near the surface of the earth.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALAMINE — /kal"euh muyn', -min/ , n. 1. a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZINC — vt to coat with zinc; to galvanize. 2. zinc ·noun an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from …
Webster English vocab
CARBONATE MINERAL — any member of a family of minerals that contain the carbonate ion, CO32-, as the basic structural and compositional unit. …
Britannica English vocabulary

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