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Definition: Albite |
AlbiteNoun1. A widely distributed rock-forming feldspar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Albite \Al"bite\, noun. [Latin expression albus white.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. A triclinic mineral, NaAlSi3 O8 ; feldspar group, with up to 10 mol % CaAl replacing NaSi; a member of the plagioclase and the alkali feldspar series; prismatic cleavage; a common rock-forming mineral in granite, intermediate to felsic igneous rocks, low-temperature metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal cavities and veins; can be used as a glaze in ceramics. b. The pure sodium-feldspar end member in the plagioclase series.Syn:sodium feldspar; white feldspar; white schorl. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AlbiteSynonym: white feldspar (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Albite |
| English words defined with "albite": albitic ♦ Cleavelandite ♦ Peristerite, Perthite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "albite": albite porphyrite, albite-epidote-amphibolite facies, albitization, alkali feldspar, antiperthite ♦ bull mica ♦ corduroy texture ♦ imandrite ♦ keratophyre ♦ leopardite, limurite ♦ ophiolite ♦ perthorite ♦ saussuritization, soda spar, spilitic suite, stress mineral. (references) |
| "Albite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Albite" is used about 9 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) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "albite": na-albite. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
albite | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "albite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 白长石. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | albit, natronfeldspat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | albiet, natronveldspaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | albite, feldspath sodique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Albit, Natronspat, Natronfeldspat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νατριούχος άστριος, αλβίτησ, αλβίτης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | albite, feldspato sodico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | albiteay albite, feldspato sódico. (various references) albita. (various references) альбіт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "albite": albites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "albite" (pronounced 'Al"bite'): Columbite, Coquimbite, Cucurbit, Cucurbite, Epistilbite, Sheepbite, Sorbite, Stilbite, Strombite, Turbite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: albeit. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-t" | |
-1 letter: blate, bleat, blite, table, telia. | |
-2 letters: abet, able, alit, bail, bait, bale, bate, beat, belt, beta, bile, bite, blae, blat, blet, ilea, late, lati, lite, tael, tail, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile. | |
-3 letters: ail, ait, alb, ale, alt, ate, bal, bat, bel, bet, bit, eat, eta, lab, lat, lea, lei, let, lib, lie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-t" | |
+1 letter: albites, astilbe, bastile, batlike, bestial, bimetal, bitable, blastie, citable, labiate, librate, limbate, stabile, timbale, triable. | |
+2 letters: ablative, agitable, astilbes, bailment, balkiest, balletic, balmiest, bastiles, bastille, biacetyl, bidental, bilobate, bimetals, binately, biteable, bivalent, blastier, blasties, bleating, bloviate, boatlike, celibate, citeable, dutiable, editable, epiblast, evitable, fittable, fleabite, imitable, instable, jubilate, labiated, labiates, laborite, lambiest, libelant, liberate, librated, librates, lifeboat, liftable, listable, obligate, partible, pitiable, satiable, sibilate, stabiles, suitable, tailbone, tangible, tillable, tiltable, timbales, tippable, tithable, titrable, vitiable, writable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 62 69 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -... .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100010 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l b i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0062 0069 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357868758671 |
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