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galena

/ɡəˈliː.nə/

galena noun: a mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.

galena: a mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead
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Noun

galena (usually uncountable, plural galenas or galenae)

  1. (usually) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
    • You can easily extract lead from galena, a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, “Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters”, in Popular Science, page 207
    • The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.1942, G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98
  2. (obsolete, usually) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac

Proper noun capitalized: Galena

Galena

  1. A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
  2. A city, the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Named after the mineral galena.
  3. A census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana.
  4. A city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
  5. A town in Kent County, Maryland.
  6. A small city, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.
  7. A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
  8. A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada.
  9. A village in Delaware County, Ohio.
  10. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
  12. A ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington.

galena meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

galena in Tamil

கலினா, கலீனா, கலேனா, காரீயச் சல்பைடின், துத்தநாகம், செம்பு முதலியவற்றுடன் சேர்ந்திருப்பது

galena in Tagalog

mineral
galena

galena in Arabic

mineral
غَالِينَا ḡālīnā

Examples of galena in a sentence

  • These samples had higher Pb²⁰⁶ and Pb²⁰⁸ abundances than any other galenas yet examined.1953, “Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 132:
  • Very little galena has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period.2008, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology, page 77:

Synonyms of galena

Forms of galena

pluralgalenas
pluralgalenae

Origin of galena

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”).

Words formed from galena

Words that rhyme with galena

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Questions about galena

What does galena mean?
Galena means a mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
What is galena in Tamil?
Galena in Tamil is கலினா, கலீனா, கலேனா. See Galena meaning in Tamil.
How do you use galena in a sentence?
These samples had higher Pb²⁰⁶ and Pb²⁰⁸ abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
What part of speech is galena?
Galena can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce galena?
Galena is pronounced /ɡəˈliː.nə/.
What is the plural of galena?
The plural of galena is galenas.

Words near galena in the dictionary

  1. galeite
  2. galelike
  3. Galemance
  4. Galemancer
  5. Galen
  6. galena
  7. galenas
  8. Galenian
  9. galenic
  10. galenical
  11. Galenically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galena (page history and authors); Galena (page history and authors); galena (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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