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stanniferous

Meaning of "stanniferous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STANNIFEROUS

From Late Latin stannum tin + -ferous.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STANNIFEROUS

stəˈnɪfərəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STANNIFEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stanniferous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STANNIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stanniferous in the English dictionary

The definition of stanniferous in the dictionary is containing tin; tin-bearing.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STANNIFEROUS

aluminiferous · antenniferous · carboniferous · coniferous · foraminiferous · guaniferous · laniferous · luminiferous · manganiferous · manniferous · ozoniferous · polleniferous · resiniferous · seleniferous · seminiferous · somniferous · spiniferous · staminiferous · stoloniferous · titaniferous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STANNIFEROUS

stannary · stannate · stannator · stannic · stannic sulphide · stannite · stannotype · stannous · stannum · stanol · Stanovoi Range · Stanovoy Range · Stans · stanza · stanzaed · stanzaic

WORDS THAT END LIKE STANNIFEROUS

adulterous · boisterous · cadaverous · cancerous · cruciferous · dangerous · generous · humorous · lecherous · murderous · noncancerous · numerous · odoriferous · onerous · preposterous · prosperous · serous · slanderous · splendiferous · thunderous · treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of stanniferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stanniferous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STANNIFEROUS

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The translations of stanniferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stanniferous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

stanniferous
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

stanniferous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

stanniferous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

stanniferous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

stanniferous
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

оловосодержащей
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

stanniferous
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

stanniferous
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

stannifère
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Stanniferous
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zinnhaltigen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

stanniferous
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

stanniferous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Stanniferous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thiếc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

stanniferous
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बळकटीदार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

stanniferous
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

stannifero
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

stanniferous
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оловосодержащих
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

stanniferous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stanniferous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tinhoudend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stanniferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stanniferous
5 millions of speakers

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANNIFEROUS»

Discover the use of stanniferous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stanniferous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tin Enamelled Pottery: Maiolica, Delft, and Other ...
Tin Enamelled Pottery, known also as Stanniferous Faience (from st annum, the Latin word for tin), is a coarse, more or less porous, ware covered with a heavy, opaque, putty-like white enamel, resembling in appearance thick white lead paint , ...
Edwin Atlee Barber, 1907
2
Catalogue of Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology: ...
From the evidence of the bricks with stanniferous glazes from Babylon and Nineveh, the use of such glazes may readily have been derived from the countries east of the Mediterranean. The tiles employed at the tomb of Mahomet at Medina, ...
Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Trenham Reeks, Henry Thomas De La Beche, 1876
3
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
For the reasons outlined earlier one would expect tin to be concentrated in the biotites of stanniferous granites, and analyses of biotites from stanniferous and non-stanniferous granites from many parts of the world have confirmed this. Rattigan ...
4
Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset
The neighbourhood of Callington is both stanniferous and cupriferous, and as true silver-lodes are found in it, it may also be termed argentiferous. The Tavistock district, therefore, viewed as a whole, is of a mixed metalliferous character, ...
Henry Thomas De La Beche, 1839
5
Geology of Tin Deposits
The stanniferous pegmatites and placers derived from pegmatites are mined in many places (in Kalba—Narym region, eastern Sayany, and Turkestanskiy Range in the Soviet Union, in the Republic of the Congo. Nigeria, Ruanda— Urundi ...
R.G. Taylor, 2014
6
Sumatra: Geology, Resources and Tectonic Evolution
The tin-associated granites of Sumatra and the stanniferous and non- stanniferrous granites of the Tin 1slands can be correlated with the Main Range and Eastern Granite Provinces distinguished in those areas (Hutchison 1989, 1994) (Fig.
A. J. Barber, Michael J. Crow, John Milsom, 2005
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The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales: Adapted to ...
The neighbourhood of Callington is both stanniferous and cupriferous, and as true silverlodes are found in it, it may also be termed argentiferous. The St Austell district is principally stanniferoua, the copper-lodes being chiefly confined to its ...
‎1841
8
Indium: Geology, Mineralogy, and Economics
The tin content of the Neves-Corvo ores is unique for a massive sulfide deposit compared to other stanniferous massive sulfide deposits such as Geco (≤0.05% Sn; Manitouwadge district, Ontario; Petersen 1986), Kidd Creek (≤0.15% Sn; ...
Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Peter M. Herzig, 2002
9
Glossary of Geology
Cf: stannous; stanniferous. stanniferous (stan-nif'-er-ous) Relating to or containing tin; e.g., stanniferous ore. Cf: stannic; stannous. stannite (stan'-nite) (a) A steel-gray or iron-black tetragonal mineral: Cu2FeSnS4. Zinc often replaces iron.
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
10
The Data of Geochemistry
In the Malay Peninsula, according to R. A. F. Penrose,2 the prevalent stanniferous rocks are granite, or detrital matter derived from granite; but at Chongkat Pan, in Perak, cassiterite is extracted from limestone, and at Bruseh, Perak, it is found ...
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1920
REFERENCE
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