salite
English
Alternative forms
- sahlite
Etymology
Named for type locality Sala, Sweden, + -ite.
Noun
salite
- (mineralogy) A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green colour.
Synonyms
- diopside
Further reading
- “salite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- “Diopside”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for salite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Elista, ailest, alties, saltie, stelai
Esperanto
Adverb
salite
- past adverbial passive participle of sali
Italian
Noun
salite f pl
- plural of salita
Anagrams
- astile, esalti, lisate, setali
Latin
Verb
salīte
- second-person plural present active imperative of saliō
Spanish
Verb
salite
- second-person singular voseo imperative of salir combined with te