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muscovites

muscovites is the plural of muscovite.

Meaning of muscovite

Noun

muscovite (countable and uncountable, plural muscovites)

  1. A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.
    • Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of...2009, James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander, The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 5th edition, Belmont, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, →ISBN, page 76

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Noun capitalized: Muscovites

Muscovites

  1. (plural) plural of Muscovite

Questions about muscovites

What is muscovites the plural of?
Muscovites is the plural of muscovite.
What part of speech is muscovites?
Muscovites is a noun.

Words near muscovites in the dictionary

  1. muscovados
  2. Muscovian
  3. Muscovians
  4. muscovies
  5. muscovite
  6. muscovites
  7. muscovitic
  8. muscovitization
  9. muscovitizations
  10. muscovitized
  11. muscovy

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