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maghemite

maghemite noun: a magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.

Noun

maghemite (countable and uncountable, plural maghemites)

  1. A magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.

Forms of maghemite

pluralmaghemites

Origin of maghemite

After the beginnings of magnetite and hematite in 1927, because of magnetism and similar arrangement of elements.

Questions about maghemite

What does maghemite mean?
Maghemite means a magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.
What part of speech is maghemite?
Maghemite is a noun.
What is the plural of maghemite?
The plural of maghemite is maghemites.

Words near maghemite in the dictionary

  1. Magha
  2. Magha Puja
  3. maghaemite
  4. maghagendorfite
  5. maghaz
  6. maghemite
  7. Maghera
  8. Magherafelt
  9. maghet
  10. maghets
  11. Maghi

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