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olivine

/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/US/ˈɑl.əˌvin/

olivine noun: any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

olivine: any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic...
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Noun

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

  1. Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
    • The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51
    • To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and...2025 February 19, Dino Grandoni, “We may be able to trap climate pollution in ordinary rocks. Scientists say they have figured out how to transform rocks into something extraordinary: a high-tech...

olivine meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

olivine in Tamil

ஒலிவைன்

olivine in Tagalog

family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
olibino

Synonyms of olivine

Forms of olivine

pluralolivines

Origin of olivine

From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.

Words formed from olivine

Questions about olivine

What does olivine mean?
Olivine means any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
What is olivine in Tamil?
Olivine in Tamil is ஒலிவைன். See Olivine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is olivine?
Olivine is a noun.
How do you pronounce olivine?
Olivine is pronounced /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of olivine?
The plural of olivine is olivines.

Words near olivine in the dictionary

  1. Olivieri
  2. oliviform
  3. olivil
  4. olivile
  5. olivin
  6. olivine
  7. olivines
  8. olivinic
  9. olivinite
  10. olivinitic
  11. olivite

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