| 单词 | -ite |
| 释义 | -ite1a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite). Compare -itis. Origin of -ite1Middle English <Latin -ita<Greek -itēs; often directly <Greek; in some words representing French -ite,German -it, etc. <Latin <Greek, as above Words nearby -iteitch mite, itchy, itchy palm, ITCZ, it'd, -ite, itea, Itelmen, item, itemize, itemized deduction Definition for -ite (2 of 2)-ite2 a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs: composite; opposite; erudite; requisite. Origin of -ite2<Latin -itus or -ītus past participle suffix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -ite (1 of 2)-ite1 suffix forming nounsa native or inhabitant ofIsraelite a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a groupLuddite; labourite (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organsomite indicating a mineral or rocknephrite; peridotite indicating a commercial productvulcanite Word Origin for -itevia Latin -ita from Greek -itēs or directly from Greek British Dictionary definitions for -ite (2 of 2)-ite2 suffix forming nounsindicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ousa nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid Word Origin for -itefrom French, arbitrary alteration of -ate 1 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 Medical definitions for -ite (1 of 2)-ite 11 suff.A part of an organ, body, or bodily part:somite. Product:metabolite. Medical definitions for -ite (2 of 2)-ite 22 suff.A salt or ester of an acid named with an adjective ending in -ous:sulfite. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for -ite-ite A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite. A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ous. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in -ate. For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO2, while a nitrate contains NO3. Compare -ate. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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