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nolanite

nolanite noun: a hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.

Noun (1)

nolanite

  1. A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.

Noun (2) capitalized: Nolanite

Nolanite (plural Nolanites)

  1. (slang) A fan of British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan (born 1970).
    • Inception (2010) and The Prestige (2006) are two of his best known films but for core Nolanites, few of his works live up to Memento.2016 March, Essential, number 199, page 62
    • NOLANITES (Christopher Nolan fans) get ready for the Interstellar director’s World War II epic, where Nolan uses all the tools in his cinematic briefcase for an emotional ride at the cinema.2017 July 28, “Nolan delivers another masterpiece with ‘Dunkirk’”, in Pretoria News

Forms of nolanite

pluralNolanites

Origin of nolanite

From Nolan + -ite; named after American geologist Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901–1992).

From Nolan + -ite.

Questions about nolanite

What does nolanite mean?
Nolanite means a hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.
What part of speech is nolanite?
Nolanite is a noun.
What is the plural of nolanite?
The plural of nolanite is Nolanites.

Words near nolanite in the dictionary

  1. Nolan charts
  2. Nolan County
  3. Noland
  4. Nolands
  5. Nolanesque
  6. nolanite
  7. Nolanites
  8. Nolanverse
  9. Nolas
  10. Nolasco
  11. Nolascos

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