Selenite Definition

sĕlə-nīt, sĭ-lē-
noun
A kind of gypsum found in transparent crystals.
Webster's New World
A salt of selenous acid containing the divalent, negative radical SeO3
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Selenite

Noun

Singular:
selenite
Plural:
selenites

Origin of Selenite

  • Latin selēnītēs from Greek selēnītēs (lithos) moon (stone), selenite (so called because it was believed to wax and wane with the moon) from selēnē moon selenium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Selenite Sentence Examples

  • It consists mainly of grey dreary flats covered with selenite; and a little below the surface, gypsum.

  • Meyer (Ber., 1902, 35, p. 1 59 1) by the electrolysis of silver selenite in the presence of potassium cyanide obtained the value 79.22.

  • Such plates are generally made of mica or selenite, and the normal to the plane of polarization of the most retarded stream is called "the axis of the plate."

  • In fact, the lateral systems are obtained when a plate of selenite is substituted for the quartz.

  • Below the analyser G a plate H of selenite or mica may be put in the course of the rays.

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Words Starting With

SSESEL

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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