Late 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Science. From German Uranotil from urano- + Hellenistic Greek τίλος shred, fibre from ancient Greek τίλλειν.
Definition of uranotile in US English:
uranotile
(also uranotil)
nounjʊˈranətʌɪl
Mineralogy rare
= uranophane.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Science. From German Uranotil from urano- + Hellenistic Greek τίλος shred, fibre from ancient Greek τίλλειν.