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Meaning of "chlorite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHLORITE

From Latin chlōrītis precious stone of a green colour, from Greek khlōritis, from khlōros greenish yellow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHLORITE

chlorite  [ˈklɔːraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHLORITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chlorite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHLORITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chlorite

The chlorite ion, or chlorine dioxide anion, is ClO2−. A chlorite is a compound that contains this group, with chlorine in oxidation state +3. Chlorites are also known as salts of chlorous acid.

Definition of chlorite in the English dictionary

The definition of chlorite in the dictionary is any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHLORITE


alright
ɔːlˈraɪt
bright
braɪt
cerite
ˈsiːraɪt
copyright
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt
downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪt
fright
fraɪt
hypochlorite
ˌhaɪpəˈklɔːraɪt
labradorite
ˌlæbrəˈdɔːraɪt
madreporite
ˈmædrɪˌpɔːraɪt
norite
ˈnɔːraɪt
outright
ˈaʊtˌraɪt
overwrite
ˌəʊvəˈraɪt
rewrite
riːˈraɪt
right
raɪt
rite
raɪt
sprite
spraɪt
thorite
ˈθɔːraɪt
upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt
wright
raɪt
write
raɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHLORITE

chloridic
chloridise
chloridize
chlorimeter
chlorimetric
chlorimetry
chlorin
chlorinate
chlorinated
chlorinated lime
chlorination
chlorinator
chlorine
chlorine dioxide
chlorinise
chlorinity
chlorinize
chloritic
chloritisation
chloritization

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHLORITE

anchorite
Arborite
cofavorite
diorite
epidiorite
evaporite
favourite
fluorite
granodiorite
hypocrite
iron meteorite
marguerite
Masorite
meteorite
micrometeorite
Minorite
phosphorite
stony meteorite
tenorite
unfavorite

Synonyms and antonyms of chlorite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chlorite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHLORITE

Find out the translation of chlorite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chlorite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chlorite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绿泥石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clorito
570 millions of speakers

English

chlorite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्लोराइड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلوريت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хлорит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clorito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লোরাইট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chlorite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chlorite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chlorit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緑泥石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

염소산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chlorite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clorit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளோரைற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लोराईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

klorit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clorito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chloryn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хлорит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clorit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χλωρίτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chloriet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klorit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kloritt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chlorite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHLORITE»

The term «chlorite» is regularly used and occupies the 100.048 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHLORITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chlorite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chlorite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chlorite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHLORITE»

Discover the use of chlorite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chlorite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The chemistry of clay minerals
In a study of chlorite in sedimentary rocks, Hayes (1970) concluded that type-I chlorite most likely represents authigenic chlorite (because of its relative instability); the Ilb stable polytype, in most cases, would indicate that the chlorite is detrital ...
Charles E. Weaver, Author Unkown Author, Lin Davis Pollard, 2011
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B084: Talcose minerals in Nevada: talc, chlorite, and ...
An estimated 300,000 tons of talc, chlorite, and pyro- phyllite have been produced in Nevada from deposits discovered after the mid- 1920's. Industrial talcs (a name applied to many ores, including pure and impure talc, tremolite, and chlorite) ...
Keith G. Papke
3
Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
I hin-section characteristics Form: thin to thick (001 ) plates, flaky, radiating, scaly to fibrous, dense to randomly oriented, rare tubular rosettes (MgFe2*-chlorite) or layered (Fe2*-chlorite) aggregates; generally anhedral. forming secondary ...
Hans Pichler, Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, 1997
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Chemical Technology in the Pre-Treatment Processes of Textiles
6.8 Bleaching with Sodium Chlorite Commercial manufacture of sodium chlorite under the trade name of 'textone' began in 1930s and by 1939 it was being promoted for continuous bleaching of cellulosic textiles for which purpose US ...
S.R. Karmakar, 1999
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Rock Forming Minerals 3B: Layered Silicates Excluding Micas ...
Regional metamorphism In the pelitic rocks of the Scottish Highlands, the chlorite zone was the lowest grade zone recognized by Barrow (l9l2), giving way at higher grades to the biotite and successive zones, although chlorite itself frequently ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 2009
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Nitrification Control in Chloraminated Drinking Water ...
Chlorite concentrations from September 2006 through October 2006 ranged from about 0.5 to 0.7 mg/L. The decrease in chlorite concentrations in the beginning of November 2006 was caused by dilution of the chlorite feed chemical that ...
Xueying Wu, 2008
7
Clays, Muds, and Shales
At 2450 m, where the I /S ratio is 3:7 and I/S diagenesis has just started, the total sample contains 5.7% chlorite (x-ray). The chlorite content remains constant through the interval where the proportion of illite layers is increasing from 30% to  ...
C.E. Weaver, 1989
8
Iron-Formation: Facts and Problems: Facts and Problems
TA. FFFFF F.F"'F'. ' F F _ F F-'7F._'FFF Seventh ferrugmous K2 Amphibole- magnetite, chlorite-carbonate-amphibolemagnetite ii-on-formation and chlorite- biotite schist 73 Seventh slate K2 Amphibole-chlorite-biotite schist Sixth ferruginous Kgf ...
A.F. Trendall, R.C. Morris, 2000
9
The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project in the Chesapeake Bay ...
... Thin-layered quartz-feldspar gneiss Quartz, plagioclase, chlorite, muscovite Smectite, quartz, chlorite, muscovite, plagioclase Quartz, smectite Smectite, zeolite (heulandite) etilli ,etitcems ,ztrauQ elobihpma ,etilli ,etitcems ,ztrauQ ) etidnalueh( ...
Gregory S. Gohn, 2009
10
The Efficacy of Applying Acidified Sodium Chlorite in ...
Emily Kate Vinson. sanitation. The products produced at the highest risk level are those that are manufactured when LM is controlled only by sanitation. Acidified Sodium Chlorite Acidified sodium chlorite (ASC) is an FDA- approved ...
Emily Kate Vinson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHLORITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chlorite is used in the context of the following news items.
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These are the Minerals That Give Fireworks Their Colors
The brilliant emerald green fireworks are created by the barium salts barium nitrate (Ba(NO3)2), barium chlorate (Ba(ClO3)2), barium chlorite ... «io9, Jul 15»
2
Seller of 'miracle cure' for cancer and HIV 'sold harmful solutions …
Mr Edwards was filmed by the BBC selling sodium chlorite and hydrochloric acid to a reporter posing as the relation of an autistic child. «getwestlondon, Jun 15»
3
Update - Seller of MMS that claims to 'purge' autism exposed
An undercover BBC investigation filmed Mr Edwards selling MMS, that consists of sodium chlorite and hydrochloric acid to an undercover ... «Autism Daily Newscast, Jun 15»
4
Knives, pits, bells and stones: The Yorkshire Dales discoveries …
A whetstone is a pyritic and rhythmically laminated unmetamorphosed silty mudstone comprising quartz with muscovite and chlorite along the ... «Culture24, Jun 15»
5
International Montoro Resources Inc.: Pecors Exploration Update
... wherein primary pyroxene has been replaced by a chlorite-amphibole mixture and the only original modal mineral present is plagioclase. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
6
Miracle Mineral Solution 'cure' is dangerous - health authorities
Humble founded his own church to promote the solution, which is essentially citric acid mixed with sodium chlorite, a chemical used in ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
7
Wesdome Confirms Continuity of the S50 East and Presqu'Ile Zones …
The "Presqu'ile zone" mineralization consists of an "en-echelon" array of sub-parallel steep northeasterly dipping quartz-carbonate (+/-chlorite ... «Virtual Press Office, Jun 15»
8
Mineralization Discovered on Vine Property Supports Potential for …
At 561.7 m, the sediments and minor gabbro become deformed into predominantly competent chlorite-sericite-phyllite that is locally silicified. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
9
Frontline Options Chukuni Property along Goldcorp's Red Lake Gold …
... in the form of stringers and disseminations in a weak discontinuous alteration envelope of chlorite and staurolite over a core length of 95 m. «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
10
Update - Trading Standards closely monitor MMS sales in the UK
This is an extremely harmful substance, that contains sodium chlorite and hydrochloric acid, which is basically household bleach. This product ... «Autism Daily Newscast, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chlorite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chlorite>. Apr 2024 ».
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