"apatite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæpətaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæpəˌtaɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-apatite.wav Forms: apatites [plural]
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Apatit (“apatite”). Apatit was coined by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), as follows: Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πᾰ́τη (apátē, “deceit, fraud”) (as it is often mistaken for other minerals) + German -it (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English -ite); the German word was first used in a 1786 book. Regarding minerals that were named for being deceptive and thus confused with others, compare also fool's gold. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Apatit|t=apatite}} German Apatit (“apatite”), {{glossary|coined}} coined, {{der|en|grc|ᾰ̓πᾰ́τη|t=deceit, fraud}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πᾰ́τη (apátē, “deceit, fraud”), {{der|en|de|-it|pos=suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ite</i>}} German -it (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English -ite), {{lang|grc|απατάω}} απατάω, {{lang|grc|απατάω}} απατάω, {{nb...}} […] Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} apatite (countable and uncountable, plural apatites)
  1. (mineralogy) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth. Wikipedia link: Abraham Gottlob Werner, international scientific vocabulary Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems, Minerals Derived forms: apatitic, bioapatite, carbapatite, carbonatoapatite, chlorapatite, fluorapatite, hydroxyapatite, manganapatite Translations (calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition): apatiet (Afrikaans), أباتيت (Arabic), ապատիտ (apatit) (Armenian), apatit (Azerbaijani), apatito (Basque), апатит (apatit) (Belarusian), апатит (apatit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), နဂါးသွဲ့ (na.ga:swai.) (Burmese), apatita [feminine] (Catalan), 磷灰石 (línhuīshí) (Chinese Mandarin), apatit (Czech), apatit [common-gender] (Danish), apatiet (Dutch), apatito (Esperanto), apatiit (Estonian), apatiitti (Finnish), apatite (French), apatita [feminine] (Galician), Apatit (German), απατίτης (apatítis) [masculine] (Greek), אפטיט (ʔapaṭīṭ) (Hebrew), apatit (Hungarian), apatit (Indonesian), apaitít [feminine] (Irish), apatite [feminine] (Italian), 燐灰石 (rinkaiseki) (alt: りんかいせき) (Japanese), ಅಪಟೈಟ್ (apaṭaiṭ) (Kannada), апатит (apatit) (Kazakh), 인회석 (inhoeseok) (Korean), апатит (apatit) (Kyrgyz), apatīts (Latvian), apatitas (Lithuanian), അപറ്റൈറ്റ് (apaṟṟaiṟṟŭ) (Malayalam), apatitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), apatitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), apatita [feminine] (Occitan), آپاتیت (Persian), apatyt (Polish), apatita [feminine] (Portuguese), apatit (Romanian), апати́т (apatít) [masculine] (Russian), апа̀тӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), apàtīt [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), apatit (Slovak), apatita [feminine] (Spanish), apatit (Swedish), апатит (apatit) (Tajik), อะพาไทต์ (Thai), apatit (Turkish), апатит (apatyt) (Ukrainian), apatit (Uzbek), apatit (Vietnamese)
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition",
      "word": "apatit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition",
      "word": "apatit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apatite"
}

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