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单词 microlite
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Definition of microlite in English:

microlite

noun ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)lʌɪt
  • 1Mineralogy. Any of a subgroup of minerals of the pyrochlore group, found in various pegmatites, that are complex oxides of tantalum and niobium with sodium and calcium, often with small amounts of other elements such as uranium and titanium, crystallizing in the cubic system as yellow, brownish, or blackish translucent crystals.

  • 2Geology. A microscopic acicular crystal with determinable optical properties, found in microcrystalline rocks and groundmasses.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Shepard (1804–1886). From micro- + -lite. In sense 1 so named from the smallness of the crystals in which it was first found.

Definition of microlite in US English:

microlite

nounˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)lʌɪt
  • 1Mineralogy. Any of a subgroup of minerals of the pyrochlore group, found in various pegmatites, that are complex oxides of tantalum and niobium with sodium and calcium, often with small amounts of other elements such as uranium and titanium, crystallizing in the cubic system as yellow, brownish, or blackish translucent crystals.

  • 2Geology. A microscopic acicular crystal with determinable optical properties, found in microcrystalline rocks and groundmasses.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Shepard (1804–1886). From micro- + -lite. In sense 1 so named from the smallness of the crystals in which it was first found.

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