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gyrolite

gyrolite noun: a hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Noun

gyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural gyrolites)

  1. A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Forms of gyrolite

pluralgyrolites

Origin of gyrolite

From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

Questions about gyrolite

What does gyrolite mean?
Gyrolite means a hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
What part of speech is gyrolite?
Gyrolite is a noun.
What is the plural of gyrolite?
The plural of gyrolite is gyrolites.

Words near gyrolite in the dictionary

  1. gyrolasers
  2. gyrolayer
  3. gyrolayers
  4. gyroline
  5. gyrolines
  6. gyrolite
  7. gyrolites
  8. gyroma
  9. gyromagnetic
  10. gyromagnetic compass
  11. gyromagnetic compasses

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