"zeolite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zeolites [plural]
Etymology: From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) + -lite. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sv|zeolit}} Swedish zeolit, {{der|en|la-new|zeolites}} New Latin zeolites, {{der|en|grc|ζέω||to boil, bubble}} Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”), {{suffix|en||lite}} + -lite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} zeolite (countable and uncountable, plural zeolites)
  1. (mineralogy) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography. Wikipedia link: zeolite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Analytical chemistry, Minerals Translations (mineral): 沸石 (fèishí) (Chinese Mandarin), zeolito (Esperanto), zeoliitti (Finnish), zéolithe [feminine] (French), zeolito (Ido), zeolit (Malay), زئولیت (ze'olit) (Persian), zeólita [feminine] (Portuguese), zeolit [common-gender] (Swedish)

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