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gibbsite

gibbsite noun: a mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white, Al(OH)₃.

gibbsite: a mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white, Al(OH)₃
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Noun

gibbsite (countable and uncountable, plural gibbsites)

  1. A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white, Al(OH)₃.

Forms of gibbsite

pluralgibbsites

Origin of gibbsite

From Gibbs + -ite after George Gibbs (1777-1834) in 1822.

Questions about gibbsite

What does gibbsite mean?
Gibbsite means a mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white, Al(OH)₃.
What part of speech is gibbsite?
Gibbsite is a noun.
What is the plural of gibbsite?
The plural of gibbsite is gibbsites.

Words near gibbsite in the dictionary

  1. Gibbs-Marangoni effects
  2. Gibbs-Thomson effect
  3. Gibbs-Thomson effects
  4. Gibbs-Thomson equation
  5. Gibbs-Thomson equations
  6. gibbsite
  7. gibbsites
  8. gibbsitic
  9. Gibbstown
  10. Gibby
  11. Gibbys

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