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chlorite

UK/ˈklɔːˌɹʌɪt//ˈklɔɹˌaɪt/

chlorite noun: a dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.

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Noun

chlorite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorites)

  1. A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
    • They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 177
  2. (countable) Any salt of chlorous acid.

chlorite meaning in Tamil and Kannada

chlorite in Tamil

குளோரைற்று

chlorite in Kannada

ಕ್ಲೋರೈಟ್, ಸಾಧಾರಣವಾಗಿ ಅಭ್ರಕವನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ

Forms of chlorite

pluralchlorites

Origin of chlorite

From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις (khlōrîtis).

Words formed from chlorite

Questions about chlorite

What does chlorite mean?
Chlorite means a dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
What is chlorite in Tamil?
Chlorite in Tamil is குளோரைற்று. See Chlorite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chlorite?
Chlorite is a noun.
How do you pronounce chlorite?
Chlorite is pronounced /ˈklɔːˌɹʌɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of chlorite?
The plural of chlorite is chlorites.

Words near chlorite in the dictionary

  1. chlorions
  2. chloriridovirus
  3. Chloris
  4. chlorisondamine
  5. chloristic
  6. chlorite
  7. chlorites
  8. chloritic
  9. chloritisation
  10. chloritization
  11. chloritize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorite (page history and authors); chlorite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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