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wüstite

wüstite noun: a grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.

Noun

wüstite (countable and uncountable, plural wüstites)

  1. A grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.

Forms of wüstite

pluralwüstites

Origin of wüstite

From German Wüst + -ite after Fritz Wüst (1860-1938), a German metallurgist.

Words formed from wüstite

Questions about wüstite

What does wüstite mean?
Wüstite means a grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.
What part of speech is wüstite?
Wüstite is a noun.
What is the plural of wüstite?
The plural of wüstite is wüstites.

Words near wüstite in the dictionary

  1. würste
  2. würsts
  3. Württemberg
  4. Württembergian
  5. Würzburg
  6. wüstite
  7. wüstites
  8. Wāhinix
  9. wāli
  10. wālis
  11. wānanga

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