zeolite

zeolite

See also: zéolite

English

Heulandite, a common zeolite mineral

Etymology

From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) +‎ -lite.

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. [from 18th c.]
   • 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 284:

     What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.

Translations

mineral

Chinese: Mandarin: 沸石 (zh) (fèishí) Esperanto: zeolito Finnish: zeoliitti (fi) French: zéolithe (fr) f Ido: zeolito (io) Malay: zeolit Persian: زئولیت‎ (fa) (zeolit) Portuguese: zeólita f Swedish: zeolit c

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Italian

Etymology

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Noun

zeolite f (plural zeoliti)

1. (mineralogy) zeolite