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Definition: Limestone |
LimestoneNoun1. A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "limestone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1702. (references) |
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Chemistry | A)a stratified rock consisting principally of the mineral calcite(calcium carbonate); b)stone quarried from a limestone rock ; rock consisting of calcium carbonate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A sedimentary rock made mostly of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). Limestone is usually formed from shells of once-living organisms or other organic processes, but may also form by inorganic precipitation. (references) |
Mining | A. A sedimentary rock consisting chiefly (more than 50% by weight or by areal percentages under the microscope) of calcium carbonate, primarily in the form of the mineral calcite, and with or without magnesium carbonate; specif. a carbonate sedimentary rock containing more than 95% calcite and less than 5% dolomite. Common minor constituents include silica (chalcedony), feldspar, clays, pyrite, and siderite. Limestones are formed by either organic or inorganic processes, and may be detrital, chemical, oolitic, earthy, crystalline, or recrystallized; many are highly fossiliferous and clearly represent ancient shell banks or coral reefs. Limestones include chalk, calcarenite, coquina, and travertine, and they effervesce freely with any common acid. Abbrev. ls b. A general term used commercially (in the manufacture of lime) for a class of rocks containing at least 80% of the carbonates of calcium or magnesium and which, when calcined, gives a product that slakes upon theaddition of water. (references) |
Science | Rock composed mostly of calcium carbonate. Many limestones contain a large content of fossils from marine organisms, such as corals. (references) |
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Limestone is a sedimentary rock, mainly composed of mineral calcite. The primary source of the calcite is usually marine organisms, which settle out of the water column and are deposited on the ocean floors as pelagic ooze (but see lysocline for information on calcite dissolution). Secondary calcite may also be deposited in super-saturated meteoric waters, as is evidenced by the creation of stalagmites and stalactites.
Bands of limestone emerge from the Earth's surface in often spectacular rocky outcrops and islands. For example the Verdon Gorge in France, Malham Cove in North Yorkshire, England and the Ha Long Bay National Park in Vietnam.
It is quarried for roadbeds and gravel roads, building and landscape construction, and cement manufacture.
See also: marble, list of minerals, karst.
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Limestone is a town located in Aroostook County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,453.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 km² (2.6 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,453 people, 420 households, and 272 families residing in the town. The population density is 214.9/km² (557.0/mi²). There are 495 housing units at an average density of 73.2 persons/km² (189.8 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 87.96% White, 6.06% African American, 0.83% Native American, 1.86% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.89% from other races, and 2.41% from two or more races. 4.75% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 420 households out of which 26.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% are married couples living together, 8.6% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 35.2% are non-families. 31.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.27 and the average family size is 2.81. In the town the population is spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 24.4% from 18 to 24, 17.0% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 24 years. For every 100 females there are 124.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 120.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,600, and the median income for a family is $34,250. Males have a median income of $30,278 versus $15,948 for females. The per capita income for the town is $11,160. 26.8% of the population and 6.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.4% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Limestone (CDP), Maine."
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Limestone is a town located in Aroostook County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,361.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 105.4 km² (40.7 mi²). 104.7 km² (40.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.74% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,361 people, 801 households, and 527 families residing in the town. The population density is 22.6/km² (58.4/mi²). There are 1,169 housing units at an average density of 11.2 persons/km² (28.9 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 90.05% White, 5.08% African American, 0.72% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. 4.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 801 households out of which 28.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 34.2% are non-families. 30.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.86. In the town the population is spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 18.0% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 112.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 109.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $35,313, and the median income for a family is $39,135. Males have a median income of $30,579 versus $18,400 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,502. 20.1% of the population and 7.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.9% are under the age of 18 and 12.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Limestone (town), Maine."
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See
- Limestone (CDP), Maine
- Limestone (town), Maine
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Limestone is a village located in Cattaraugus County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 411.Geography
Limestone is located at 42°1'34" North, 78°37'59" West (42.026029, -78.632983)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²). 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.61% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 411 people, 170 households, and 109 families residing in the village. The population density is 97.4/km² (252.3/mi²). There are 188 housing units at an average density of 44.5/km² (115.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.08% White, 0.24% African American, 1.22% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 170 households out of which 29.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% are married couples living together, 10.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 31.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.93. In the village the population is spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.3 males. The median income for a household in the village is $28,594, and the median income for a family is $33,125. Males have a median income of $24,583 versus $18,846 for females. The per capita income for the village is $14,152. 8.8% of the population and 5.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.9% are under the age of 18 and 7.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Limestone, New York."
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Limestone is a town located in Rogers County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 745.Geography
Limestone is located at 36°18'41" North, 95°45'18" West (36.311296, -95.755040)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²). 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 745 people, 252 households, and 214 families residing in the town. The population density is 91.3/km² (236.1/mi²). There are 258 housing units at an average density of 31.6/km² (81.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 85.23% White, 0.00% African American, 4.97% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.07% from other races, and 8.19% from two or more races. 1.34% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 252 households out of which 40.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.2% are married couples living together, 6.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% are non-families. 11.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.96 and the average family size is 3.22. In the town the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $51,750, and the median income for a family is $56,625. Males have a median income of $56,042 versus $30,089 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,035. 5.2% of the population and 8.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 39.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Limestone, Oklahoma."
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Screenplays | Mmmmmm. A delicious looking limestone rock (Unendliche Geschichte, Die; writing credit: Michael Ende; Wolfgang Petersen) | |
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 | The limestone cliffs at Mona Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sub grabs a wire coral on limestone bottom off Hawaii. Cirrhipathes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Reef fish, including rosy snappers, occupy a deep limestone reef. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Aerial view of uplifted limestone islands in Palau . Ca. 1971. Credit: Small World. |
 | Native home with Yapese money stones indicating great wealth. Stones were mined on Palau and carried by outrigger canoe 300 miles. Money stones are quarried from stalactites in limestone caves. Credit: Small World. |  | View showing limestone topography - Continental hotel in far right center. Credit: Small World. |
 | Freshly dug potatoes lay on the ground to be placed in barrels for shipment to the processing plant during the Maine harvest near Limestone. Credit: USDA. |  | Barrels of freshly harvested potatoes wait in the field to be hoised aboard a truck for shipment to a processing plant near Limestone, Maine. Credit: USDA. |
 | ARS hydrologist Doug Boyer (right) and aide Derek Hall collect water samples from a stream in a West Virginia limestone cave. The calcite formation in the background is The Haystack in McClung's Cave. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Church of the Annuciation (1692), east view, detail of limestone decorative carving, Kargopol', Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
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| "Dry stone wall" by L L Commentary: "Iron age limestone wall on the Aran Islands, west coast of Ireland." | "Chichén Itzá" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the mysterious temples and pyramids of the Maya... --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-m" |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A maid in a white cap and apron was watering a box of plants on a sill which shone like a slab of limestone in the warm glare |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I might have got good limestone within a mile or two and burned it myself, if I had cared to do so. |
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Business | Japanese and German projects in China have used limestone technologies and wet scrubbers. (references) | |
Low level treatment allows waste oil to be blended into fuel oil which, for example, can be used in road-stone plants to dry limestone for road construction. (references) | ||
Economic History | Malta | National resources: Limestone, salt. (references) |
Togo | Togo also has substantial limestone and marble deposits. (references) | |
Bermuda | Natural resource: Limestone, used primarily for building. (references) | |
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| "Limestone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.13% of the time. "Limestone" is used about 758 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) | 95.13% | 721 | 9,334 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.87% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Total | 100.00% | 758 | N/A |
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1. Limestone, ME (CDP, FIPS 39265) 2. Limestone, MI 3. Limestone, NY (village, FIPS 42378) 4. Limestone, PA |
Expressions using "limestone": Bituminous limestone ♦ Cliff limestone ♦ crinoidal limestone ♦ Delthyris limestone ♦ dolomite limestone ♦ dolomitic limestone ♦ encrinal limestone ♦ Granular limestone ♦ Hydraulic limestone ♦ Indusial limestone ♦ Limestone County ♦ limestone fern ♦ limestone quarry ♦ limestone salamander ♦ Limestone Sq ♦ Lithographic limestone ♦ Magnesian limestone ♦ Miliolite limestone ♦ mountain limestone ♦ Pentamerus limestone ♦ sparry limestone. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "limestone": limestone-producing, limestone-shale. | |
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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 "limestone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gur gëlqeror (calcareous stone), gur gëlqereje. (various references) | |
Arabic | كركار, حجر الكلس, حجر الجير. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | варовик (camstone, chalk). (various references) | |
Chinese | 石灰石 . (various references) | |
Czech | vápenec. (various references) | |
Danish | kalksten (calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone). (various references) | |
Dutch | koolzure voederkalk, kalksteen (calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone), kalk (lime, plaster). (various references) | |
Farsi | سنگ اهک (Lime). (various references) | |
Finnish | kalkkikivi (calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone). (various references) | |
French | calcaire (lime, lime like, limy). (various references) | |
German | kalkstein (chalk). (various references) | |
Greek | ασβεστόλιθος (calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אבן גיר (calcareous stone, chalkstone), אבן סיד, כורכר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mészkő (bath stone, chalk, freestone, ragstone). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gamping, batugamping. (various references) | |
Italian | calcare (emphasize, press down, ram). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 石灰石 , 石灰岩 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せっかいがん, せっかいせき. (various references) | |
Korean | 석회석. (various references) | |
Manx | clagh eayil. (various references) | |
Papago | chemag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imestonelay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | calcário (calcareous, chalky, limy). (various references) | |
Romanian | piatrã de var, calcaros (calcareous). (various references) | |
Russian | известняк (camstone, chalkstone). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krečnjak. (various references) | |
Spanish | caliza (bog line, calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone, marl). (various references) | |
Swedish | kalksten (calcareous rock, lime, lime-stone). (various references) | |
Thai | หินปูน. (various references) | |
Turkish | kireçtaşı (chalk), kalker. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вапняк (chalk-stone). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đá vôi. (various references) | |
Welsh | calchfaen, calchen (lump of lime). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calce, calces, calx. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "limestone": limestones. (additional references) | |
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"Limestone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Illkeston, Lepestone, Limerstone, limestoe, limstone, Lincstone, planestane. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "limestone" (pronounced lī"mstō'n) |
| 5 | -m s t ō' n | gemstone, tombstone. |
| 4 | -s t ō' n | Firestone, bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, curbstone, Eyestone, flagstone, Freestone, gallstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, keystone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, moonstone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, touchstone, whetstone. |
| 3 | -t ō' n | acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: milestone. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-m-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: monetise, semitone. | |
-2 letters: elmiest, emetins, entoils, etoiles, lisente, lomeins, loments, meltons, mestino, moisten, motiles, oleines, omelets, onetime, sentimo, setline, telomes, tensile, tonemes. | |
-3 letters: elemis, elints, elites, eloins, emetin, emotes, enisle, enlist, ensile, entoil, eonism, eosine, etoile, inlets, inmost, insole, lemons, lentos, leones, lesion, limens, listee, listen, lomein, loment, melons, melton, molest, molies, moline. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-m-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: emollients, limestones, milestones. | |
+2 letters: clinometers, colemanites, contumelies, despoilment, emotionless, monostelies, salinometer, solemnities, teleonomies. | |
+3 letters: demolishment, despoilments, dislodgement, embroilments, entomologies, implementors, impoliteness, involvements, molybdenites, motherliness, nematologies, salinometers, thermoclines, toilsomeness, volunteerism. | |
+4 letters: ceremonialist, demolishments, dislodgements, emotionalizes, emotionlessly, endotheliomas, entomophilies, ethanolamines, feuilletonism, inclinometers, lightsomeness, microelements, misemployment, phenomenalist, phentolamines, radioelements, sedimentology, semimonthlies, splenectomies, splenectomize, terminologies, volunteerisms. | |
+5 letters: bioluminescent, catecholamines, ceremonialists, cholestyramine, compatibleness, contemplatives, demyelinations, disembowelment, emotionalities, exceptionalism, feuilletonisms, impolitenesses, incompleteness, indemonstrable, laryngectomies, methemoglobins, methodicalness, meticulousness, metronidazoles, milliroentgens, misemployments, monumentalizes, motherlinesses, motionlessness, nephelometries, paleomagnetism, paleomagnetist, phenomenalists, pinealectomies, pneumatologies, reconcilements, scintillometer, sedimentologic, splenectomized, splenectomizes, steamrollering, toilsomenesses, unmentionables. | |
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