单词 | sylvite |
释义 | sylvite[ sil-vahyt ] / ˈsɪl vaɪt / nouna common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium. Also syl·vin, syl·vine [sil-vin]. /ˈsɪl vɪn/. Origin of sylvite1965–70; <Latin (sal digestīvus) Sylvi(ī) digestive salt of Sylvius (see Sylvian fissure) + -ite1; replacing sylvine<French Words nearby sylvitesylvian, sylvian aqueduct, Sylvian fissure, sylvic acid, sylviculture, sylvite, sym-, symballophone, symbion, Symbionese, Symbionese Liberation Army Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sylvitesylvite sylvine (ˈsɪlviːn)/ (ˈsɪlvaɪt) / nouna soluble colourless, white, or coloured mineral consisting of potassium chloride in cubic crystalline form with sodium impurities: it occurs chiefly in sedimentary beds and is an important ore of potassium. Formula: KCl Word Origin for sylviteC19: sylvite, alteration of sylvine, from New Latin sal digestiva Sylvii digestive salt of Sylvius, after Franciscus Sylvius (died 1672), German anatomist. See -ite 1, -ine ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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