"biotite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt/ Forms: biotites [plural]
Etymology: Biot + -ite, named by J.F.L. Hausmann in 1847 in honour of the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot, who, in 1816, researched the optical properties of mica, discovering many unique properties. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Biot|ite}} Biot + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} biotite (countable and uncountable, plural biotites)
  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron. Wikipedia link: Jean-Baptiste Biot, Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann, biotite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Derived forms: biopyribole, biotitic, biotitize, hydrobiotite Translations (dark brown mica): բիոտիտ (biotit) (Armenian), biotita [feminine] (Catalan), biotit [masculine] (Czech), biotiet (Dutch), biotito (Esperanto), biotiit (Estonian), biotiitti (Finnish), biotite [feminine] (French), biotita [feminine] (Galician), Biotit [masculine] (German), bíótít [neuter] (Icelandic), biotite [feminine] (Italian), 黒雲母 (kurounmo) (alt: くろうんも) (Japanese), biotitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biotitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biotyt [masculine] (Polish), biotita [feminine] (Portuguese), biotit [neuter] (Romanian), биотит (biotit) [masculine] (Russian), био̀тӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biòtīt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biotit [masculine] (Slovak), biotít [masculine] (Slovene), biotita [feminine] (Spanish), biyotit (Turkish)

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