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Definition of bauxite in English: bauxitenoun ˈbɔːksʌɪtˈbɔksaɪt mass nounAn amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminium. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides. Example sentencesExamples - We also need information about whether this plant will be processing alumina, or bauxite; this can make a world of difference.
- The major exports are bauxite and alumina, apparel, sugar, bananas, coffee, citrus and citrus products, rum, cocoa, and labor.
- The principal economic activities and primary sources of foreign exchange are bauxite mining and alumina production, tourism, and sugar and banana exports.
- East of Budapest there was still bauxite and coal deposition.
- It is among the world's leading producers of bauxite and alumina, which are exported to Canada, Norway, and the United States.
Derivatives adjectivebɔːkˈsɪtɪk This surface and the overlying bauxitic claystones are broadly distributed across most of central Guangxi, including the Heshan coalfield. Example sentencesExamples - Sequence IV includes strata from the base of the bauxitic claystone below Seam 2 of the Heshan Formation to the top of the Dalong Formation.
- The coastal lagoonal deposits are represented by bauxitic claystones resting on the undulating top of thick-bedded limestones.
- Seam 4A has a much higher content of alumina than the other seams, which may suggest that the detrital input into this coal mire contained a greater proportion of bauxitic weathering products than the other coals.
- Sequence III extends from the base of Seam 4A to the base of the bauxitic claystone beneath Seam 2.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from Les Baux (the name of a village near Arles in SE France, near which it was first found) + -ite1. Definition of bauxite in US English: bauxitenounˈbôksītˈbɔksaɪt An amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminum. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides. Example sentencesExamples - We also need information about whether this plant will be processing alumina, or bauxite; this can make a world of difference.
- East of Budapest there was still bauxite and coal deposition.
- The major exports are bauxite and alumina, apparel, sugar, bananas, coffee, citrus and citrus products, rum, cocoa, and labor.
- The principal economic activities and primary sources of foreign exchange are bauxite mining and alumina production, tourism, and sugar and banana exports.
- It is among the world's leading producers of bauxite and alumina, which are exported to Canada, Norway, and the United States.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from Les Baux(the name of a village near Arles in SE France, near which it was first found) + -ite. |