diatomaceous earth

English

An image of diatomaceous earth produced by a scanning electron microscope

diatomaceous earth (uncountable)

A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.

(soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains): hydrated silica (mineral component of siliceous soil)

soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains

Catalan: diatomita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硅藻土 (zh) (guīzǎotǔ)
Danish: moler (da) n, kiselgur c or n
Esperanto: diatomito, diatomea tero, kiselguro
Finnish: piimaa (fi)
French: kieselguhr (fr), terre d’infusoires, terre diatomée (fr)
German: Kieselguhr f, Diatomeenerde f
Irish: cré dhiatómúil f
Japanese: 珪藻土 (けいそうど, keisōdo)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: terra diatomácea f, kieselguhr m, diatomito m
Russian: диатоми́т (ru) m (diatomít), кизельгу́р (ru) m (kizelʹgúr), инфузо́рная земля́ f (infuzórnaja zemljá), го́рная мука́ f (górnaja muká)
Spanish: diatomita f
Thai: please add this translation if you can

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