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playfairite

playfairite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

Noun

playfairite (uncountable)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

Origin of playfairite

From Playfair + -ite. Named after Scottish Professor of Natural Philosophy John Playfair (1748-1819), from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Questions about playfairite

What does playfairite mean?
Playfairite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.
What part of speech is playfairite?
Playfairite is a noun.

Words near playfairite in the dictionary

  1. Playfair
  2. Playfair cipher
  3. Playfair ciphers
  4. Playfair's axiom
  5. Playfair's axioms
  6. playfairite
  7. playfeer
  8. playfeers
  9. playfellow
  10. playfellows
  11. playfellowship

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