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Definition: Kyanite |
KyaniteNoun1. A gray or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | Natural anhydrous aluminium silicate used as a refractory. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | An aluminum-rich, blue to light green silicate mineral. Kyanite forms in metamorphic rocks at moderate temperature and high pressure. (references) |
Mining | A triclinic mineral, 4[Al2 SiO5 ] ; trimorphous with andalusite and sillimanite; in blades that are distinctly harder across than along; a common rock-forming mineral in schist and gneiss. Alsospelled cyanite. Syn:disthene; sappare. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It is translucent, usually blue, but possibly white, gray, green, or black. It is usually found in long-bladed crystals or columnar to fibrous structures.
Kyanite is used in refractory and ceramic products. Noted deposits are found in Brazil, USA (North Carolina and Georgia), Switzerland, Russia, India and Kenya. Kyanite is found in such metamorphic rocks as gneiss and schist. The name "kyanite" is derived from the Greek word for "blue."
See also: List of minerals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kyanite."
Synonym: KyaniteSynonym: cyanite (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Kyanite |
| English words defined with "kyanite": Disthene ♦ Sappare. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "kyanite": disthenite ♦ marundite ♦ nonmetallic mineral ♦ stress mineral. (references) |
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Beginning with "kyanite": kyanite-magnetite. | |
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kyanite | 35 |
kyanite mining | 2 |
buyer kyanite | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "kyanite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "晶石. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | disthen (disthene), cyanit (disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kyaniet (disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | disthène, cyanite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Disthen (disthene), Cyanit (disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυανίτης (disthene), δισθενής (bivalent, disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | distene (disthene), cianite (disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yanitekay disteno (disthene), cianite (disthene). (various references) distena (disthene), cianita (disthene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "kyanite": kyanites. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: intake. | |
-2 letters: entia, taken, takin, tenia, tinea, yenta. | |
-3 letters: akin, ante, anti, ayin, etna, ikat, inky, kain, kane, kent, kina, kine, kite, knit, kyat, kyte, neat, nite, tain, take, tank, teak, tike, tine, tiny, tyin, tyke, tyne, yank, yean, yeti. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, any, ate, aye, eat, eta, ink, kae, kat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-n-t-y" | |
+1 letter: kyanites. | |
+3 letters: mistakenly. | |
+4 letters: kinetically. | |
+5 letters: karyokinetic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 79 61 6E 69 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- -.--. .- -. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01111001 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K y a n i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0079 0061 006E 0069 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45916780758671 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, chino |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
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