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Tantalite

Definition: Tantalite

Tantalite

Noun

1. A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Tantalite \Tan"ta*lite\, noun. [Compare to the French expression tantalite.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Tantalite

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Mining

A mineral series ferrotantalite-manganotantalite; unless specified it refers to ferrotantalite, an orthorhombic mineral, FeTa2 O6;black; in pegmatites; the main source of tantalum. (references)

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Crosswords: Tantalite

English words defined with "tantalite": atomic number 73Ta, tantalum. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tantalite

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Mozambique

Natural resources: Coal, natural gas, titanium ore, tantalite, graphite, iron ore, and semi-precious stones. (references)

Namibia

The country also is a source of gold, silver, tin, vanadium, semiprecious gemstones, tantalite, phosphate, sulfur, and salt. (references)

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Expression: Tantalite

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "tantalite": Yttro-tantalite.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tantalite

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.
 
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tantalite

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Modern Translations: Tantalite

Language Translations for "tantalite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

antalitetay.(various references)

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tantalite

Derivations

Words beginning with "tantalite": tantalites. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tantalite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: autolite, Tanaiste, tantalise, Tantobie. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tantalite"

Words rhyming with "tantalite" (pronounced 'Tan"ta*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, Tentaculite, theodolite, Thinolite, Thomsenolite, Topazolite, Toxophilite, Triphylite, Triplite, Troilite, Turrilite, Typolite, Tyrolite, Unpolite, Uranolite, Variolite, Ventriculite, Vermiculite, Wavellite, Xylite, Zeolite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tantalite

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-t-t-t"

-1 letter: titanate.

-2 letters: attaint, tetanal.

-3 letters: attain, attent, entail, lanate, latent, latten, lattin, litten, taenia, talent, tattie, tattle, tenail, tineal, tittle.

-4 letters: alane, alant, alate, alien, aline, anile, antae, atilt, elain, elint, entia, inlet, lanai, laten, latte, leant, liana, liane, natal, taint, telia, tenia, tinea, titan, title.

-5 letters: alae, alan, alit, anal, anil, anta, ante, anti, elan, etna, ilea, lain, lane, late, lati, lean, lent, lien, line, lint, lite, nail, neat, nett, nite, tael, tail, tain, tala, tale, tali, tate, teal, teat, tela, tent, tile, tilt, tine, tint.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-t-t-t"
 

+1 letter: tantalites.

 

+2 letters: attentional.

 

+3 letters: antiliterate, antithetical.

 

+4 letters: antiliterates, antisatellite, patentability, transliterate, transmittable.

 

+5 letters: antimetabolite, antithetically, quantitatively, tatterdemalion, telangiectatic, transliterated, transliterates, unattractively, unattributable.

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Alternative Orthography: Tantalite


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 6E 74 61 6C 69 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    -.    -    .-    .-..    ..    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 006E 0074 0061 006C 0069 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

546780866778758671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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