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goethites

goethites is the plural of goethite.

Meaning of goethite

Noun

goethite (countable and uncountable, plural goethites)

  1. An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust and in mineral form is an ore.
    • Recent work has shown that the teeth of limpets approximate to an almost ideal model natural composite material where high aspect ratio mineral nanofibres of goethite reinforce a protein matrix.2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Questions about goethites

What is goethites the plural of?
Goethites is the plural of goethite.

Words near goethites in the dictionary

  1. Goethe
  2. Goethean
  3. Goethesque
  4. Goethian
  5. goethite
  6. goethites
  7. goetic
  8. goetical
  9. Goetsch
  10. Goetsches
  11. Goetschius

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