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sorbite

sorbite noun: pearlite.

Noun (1)

sorbite (countable and uncountable, plural sorbites)

  1. (obsolete) Pearlite.
    • According to Boynton this constituent is sorbite in the case of steels containing more than ·8 per cent. carbon, for if troostite be β iron free from carbon it cannot exist in hyper-eutectoid steels.1905, Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, volume 30, page 217
    • After a very long period of annealing their morphology is very similar to the carbides precipitated in the sorbite and, as regards the amount of precipitate, the ferritic grains are almost indiscernible from the sorbitic (Fig.3).1962, The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 200, page 940

Noun (2)

sorbite (countable and uncountable, plural sorbites)

  1. (obsolete) Sorbitol.
    • Sorbite is isomeric with mannite and dulcite, and forms with oxalic acid at 75° sorbite-formamide, with evolution of carbonic anhydride. It is a colourless odourless syrup.1881, “Abstracts of Chemical Papers: Sorbin and Sorbite”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 11, page 148

Forms of sorbite

pluralsorbites

Origin of sorbite

From Sorby (“a surname”) + -ite, after Henry Clifton Sorby.

From sorb + -ite.

Words formed from sorbite

Questions about sorbite

What does sorbite mean?
Sorbite means pearlite.
What part of speech is sorbite?
Sorbite is a noun.
What is the plural of sorbite?
The plural of sorbite is sorbites.

Words near sorbite in the dictionary

  1. sorbinoses
  2. Sorbish
  3. sorbital
  4. sorbitan
  5. sorbitans
  6. sorbite
  7. sorbites
  8. sorbitic
  9. sorbitisation
  10. sorbitisations
  11. sorbitise

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