"kaolinite" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-kaolinite.ogg Forms: kaolinites [plural]
Etymology: From kaolin + -ite (see kaolin for more). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|kaolin|ite}} kaolin + -ite, {{m|en|kaolin}} kaolin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)
  1. (mineralogy) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals. Wikipedia link: kaolinite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Related terms: kaolin, kaoline, china clay, dickite, halloysite, nacrite Translations (Al2Si2O5(OH)4): caolinita [feminine] (Catalan), 高嶺石 (Chinese Mandarin), 高岭石 (gāolǐngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀音土 (Chinese Mandarin), 观音土 (Guānyīntǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kaolinit [masculine] (Czech), kaolinito (Esperanto), kaoliniit (Estonian), kaoliniitti (Finnish), kaolinite [feminine] (French), Kaolinit [masculine] (German), चीनी मिट्टी (cīnī miṭṭī) [feminine] (Hindi), kaolinit (Hungarian), caolinite [feminine] (Italian), カオリナイト (kaorinaito) (Japanese), ақсаздық (aqsazdyq) (Kazakh), каолинит (kaolinit) (Kazakh), каолини́т (kaolinít) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaolinit [masculine] (Polish), caulinita [feminine] (Portuguese), caolinit [neuter] (Romanian), каолини́т (kaolinít) [masculine] (Russian), каолѝнӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaolìnīt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaolinit [masculine] (Slovak), caolinita [feminine] (Spanish), kaolinit (Turkish)

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