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kainite

kainite noun: an evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.

Noun

kainite (countable and uncountable, plural kainites)

  1. An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.

kainite meaning in Tamil

kainite in Tamil

கைனைற்று

Forms of kainite

pluralkainites

Origin of kainite

Borrowed from German Kainit; see there for more.

Words formed from kainite

Questions about kainite

What does kainite mean?
Kainite means an evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.
What is kainite in Tamil?
Kainite in Tamil is கைனைற்று. See Kainite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kainite?
Kainite is a noun.
What is the plural of kainite?
The plural of kainite is kainites.

Words near kainite in the dictionary

  1. kaingins
  2. kaini
  3. kainic
  4. kainic acid
  5. kainit
  6. kainite
  7. kainites
  8. kainits
  9. kainogenesis
  10. kainosite
  11. kainosites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kainite (page history and authors); kainite (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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