zeolite

See also: zéolite

English
Heulandite, a common zeolite mineral

Etymology

From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) +‎ -lite.

Noun

zeolite (countable and uncountable, plural zeolites)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography. [from 18th c.]
    • 1962, WH Auden, Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 284:
      What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.

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Italian

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Noun

zeolite f (plural zeoliti)

  1. (mineralogy) zeolite
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