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selenite

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛlɪnaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted eeeilnstStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a compound that contains a SeO32− anion.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ite; the chemistry sense comes via the name of the element selenium.

Used in a sentence

  • I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder.
  • Glass windows replaced the old tiny windows of selenite (crystallized gypsum), and stovepipe replaced adobe chimneys.
  • a Selenite colony

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