tridymite
noun
trid·y·mite
ˈtridəˌmīt
plural -s
: a mineral SiO2 that is a silica, differs from quartz in its usually minute thin tabular orthorhombic forms of crystallization, and is found in cavities in trachyte and similar rocks (hardness 7, specific gravity 2.28–2.33)
Word History
Etymology
German tridymit, from Greek tridymos threefold (irregular from tri- three + didymos twin) + German -it -ite; from its common occurrence in trillings
- transmedian
- transmembrane
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- transmigrate
- transmigrated
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- transmissibilities
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- transmission
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- transmission dynamometer
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- transmission grating
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- transmission line