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Definition: VERMICULITE |
VERMICULITENoun1. A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. |
Etymology: Vermiculite \Ver*mic"u*lite\, noun. [Latin expression vermiculus, diminutive of vermis worm.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Chemical Industry | A mineral allied to mica. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A monoclinic mineral, (Mg,Fe,Al)6 (Si,Al)8 O20 (OH) 4 .8H2 O ; mica group; basal cleavage; soft; pearly; a hydrothermal or weathering alteration of biotite; expands 6 to 20 times by thermal exfoliation; occurs in clay sizes in soils and as crystals and megacrysts in ultramafic rocks; in Montana, North Carolina, SouthCarolina, Wyoming, Virginia, Colorado, and South Africa. Syn:lernilite. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
World production of Vermiculite in the year 2000 exceeded 500 kilotons (Metric). Major producers of Vermiculite include China, South Africa, Australia, Zimbabwe, and the United States of America.
Vermiculite is often used together with Perlite as a growing medium for hydroponics.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vermiculite."
Crosswords: VERMICULITE |
| Specialty definitions using "VERMICULITE": biotitite ♦ corrensite ♦ jeffersite ♦ kerrite ♦ lennilite, Loose Fill Insulation ♦ metavermiculite ♦ nonmetallic mineral ♦ QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At a St. Petersburg school, student volunteers mix beach sand, peat moss, and vermiculite to plant nursery plants. Once the plants are established, Tampa Baywatch staff visit regularly and the students monitor the health of the plants once a week and measure salinity and PH in the ponds. This nursery was built on Feb. 24, 1998, donor plants taken on the 25th and planted on the 26th.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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Economic History | South Africa | These include deposits containing metals and industrial minerals such as gold, platinum group metals (PGMs), coal, diamonds, manganese, chromium, vanadium, titanium, phosphates, iron, zirconium, zinc, aluminum-silicates, uranium, vermiculite, asbestos and fluorspar, to name but a few. (references) |
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| "VERMICULITE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VERMICULITE" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "VERMICULITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 蛭石. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | vermiculit, E561. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vermiculiet, E561. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | vermiculite, E561. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Vermiculit (E561), E561 (E561). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | βερμικουλίτης (E561). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vermikulit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | vermicolite (E561), E561 (E561). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermiculitevay vermiculite (E561), E561 (E561). (various references) vermiculita (E561), E561 (E561). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "VERMICULITE": vermiculites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "VERMICULITE" (pronounced 'Ver*mic"u*lite'): Aciculite, Aerolite, Agalmatolite, Ampelite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthropolite, Apophyllite, Arenicolite, Argillite, Asterophyllite, Baculite, Blite, Botryolite, Byssolite, Carnallite, Carpolite, Cerolite, Chesterlite, Chiastolite, Chrysolite, Coccolite, Coprolite, Corallite, Crocidolite, Cryolite, Crystallite, Danalite, Datolite, Daubreelite, Dendrolite, Ehlite, Elaeolite, Elaolite, Embolite, Entomolite, Farcilite, Fibrolite, Foralite, Francolite, Frost-blite, Globulite, Granulite, Grapholite, Graptolite, halite, Heliolite, Homilite, Hoplite, Hyalite, Ichnolite, Ichthyocoprolite, Ichthyodorulite, Ichthyolite, impolite, Indicolite, Insulite, Iolite, Jaspilite, Kampylite, Karpholite, Kerolite, Kobellite, Krokidolite, Kryolite, Lazulite, Lherzolite, Lithiophilite, Longulite, Lucullite, Lunulite, Malacolite, Marmolite, Melilite, Mellite, Menilite, Mesolite, metabolite, Meteorolite, Metropolite, Microlite, Mirabilite, Monopolite, Monothelite, Natrolite, Nautilite, Necrolite, Nemalite, Niccolite, Nidulite, Novaculite, Nummulite, Oblite, Odontolite, Oolite, Ornitholite, Osteolite, Ovulite, Oxalite, Pectolite, Perlite, Phacolite, Pharmacolite, Phonolite, Phototheodolite, Phyllite, Phytolite, Picrolite, Pimelite, Pisolite, Polyhalite, Pospolite, Praseolite, Psarolite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrosmalite, Radiolite, Retinalite, Rhyncholite, rhyolite, Ripidolite, Roscoelite, Roselite, Rotalite, Rubellite, Scapolite, Scyllite, Serpulite, Siderolite, sodalite, Sperrylite, Sphaerulite, Spherulite, Spongiolite, Staurolite, stylite, Syderolite, tantalite, Tentaculite, theodolite, Thinolite, Thomsenolite, Topazolite, Toxophilite, Triphylite, Triplite, Troilite, Turrilite, Typolite, Tyrolite, Unpolite, Uranolite, Variolite, Ventriculite, Wavellite, Xylite, Zeolite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: electrum, eremitic, reticule, timelier, verticil. | |
-4 letters: culvert, emeriti, eucrite, lecture, leucite, limiter, miltier, reticle, rivulet, tiercel, trivium, utricle, uveitic, vermeil, viremic. | |
-5 letters: ceiler, cerite, cerium, cermet, cilium, clever, culver, curite, curvet, cutler, elicit, elmier, emetic, eviler, iterum, levier, liever, limier, livier, luetic, melter, metier, metric, milieu, milter, mitier, recite, rectum, reemit, relict, relive, reluct, relume, remelt, retile, retime, revile, rutile, telium, tercel, tierce, uremic, uretic, veiler, velure, verite, victim, virile, virtue, vitric. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: multiservice, vermiculites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 45 52 4D 49 43 55 4C 49 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. -- .. -.-. ..- .-.. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000101 01010010 01001101 01001001 01000011 01010101 01001100 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V E R M I C U L I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0045 0052 004D 0049 0043 0055 004C 0049 0054 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5639524743375546435439 |
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