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selenites

selenites is the plural of selenite.

Meaning of selenite

Noun

selenite (countable and uncountable, plural selenites)

  1. A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O).
    • I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 295
    Synonyms:
    satin spar
  2. The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.

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Noun capitalized: Selenites

Selenites

  1. (plural) plural of Selenite

Questions about selenites

What is selenites the plural of?
Selenites is the plural of selenite.
What part of speech is selenites?
Selenites is a noun.

Words near selenites in the dictionary

  1. selenio-
  2. selenious
  3. seleniscope
  4. seleniscopes
  5. selenite
  6. selenites
  7. selenitian
  8. selenitic
  9. selenitical
  10. selenitiferous
  11. selenium

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