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dickite

dickite noun: a phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Noun

dickite (countable and uncountable, plural dickites)

  1. A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Forms of dickite

pluraldickites

Origin of dickite

From Dick + -ite after Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926), Scottish metallurgical chemist.

Questions about dickite

What does dickite mean?
Dickite means a phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
What part of speech is dickite?
Dickite is a noun.
What is the plural of dickite?
The plural of dickite is dickites.

Words near dickite in the dictionary

  1. dickinsonite
  2. dickish
  3. dickishly
  4. dickishness
  5. Dickison
  6. dickite
  7. dickites
  8. dickitude
  9. dickjuice
  10. dickkopf
  11. dickkopfs

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