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nigrite

nigrite noun: an insulating material consisting of the impure residuum obtained in the distillation of paraffin.

Noun

nigrite (uncountable)

  1. An insulating material consisting of the impure residuum obtained in the distillation of paraffin.

Origin of nigrite

From Latin niger (“black”) + -ite.

Questions about nigrite

What does nigrite mean?
Nigrite means an insulating material consisting of the impure residuum obtained in the distillation of paraffin.
What part of speech is nigrite?
Nigrite is a noun.

Words near nigrite in the dictionary

  1. nigrin
  2. nigrine
  3. nigrins
  4. nigrita
  5. nigritas
  6. nigrite
  7. Nigritia
  8. Nigritian
  9. Nigritians
  10. Nigritic
  11. nigritude

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