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columbite

columbite noun: a black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.

Noun

columbite (plural columbites)

  1. A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
    Synonyms:
    greenlandite

columbite meaning in Tamil

columbite in Tamil

கொலம்பைற்று

Synonyms of columbite

Forms of columbite

pluralcolumbites

Origin of columbite

From columbium (“niobium”) + -ite.

Words formed from columbite

Questions about columbite

What does columbite mean?
Columbite means a black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
What is columbite in Tamil?
Columbite in Tamil is கொலம்பைற்று. See Columbite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is columbite?
Columbite is a noun.
What is the plural of columbite?
The plural of columbite is columbites.

Words near columbite in the dictionary

  1. Columbiner
  2. Columbiners
  3. columbines
  4. columbinic
  5. columbinic acid
  6. columbite
  7. columbite-tantalite
  8. columbites
  9. columbium
  10. columbiums
  11. columbo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: columbite (page history and authors); columbite (Tamil 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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