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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STEATITE

From Latin steatitēs, from Greek stear fat + -ite1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STEATITE

steatite  [ˈstɪəˌtaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEATITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Steatite 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 STEATITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

steatite

Soapstone

Soapstone is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is thus rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs in the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx of fluids, but without melting. It has been a medium for carving for thousands of years.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STEATITE


airtight
ˈɛəˌtaɪt
albertite
ˈælbəˌtaɪt
apatite
ˈæpəˌtaɪt
biotite
ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt
carbonatite
kɑːˈbɒnəˌtaɪt
carnotite
ˈkɑːnəˌtaɪt
convertite
ˈkɒnvəˌtaɪt
enstatite
ˈɛnstəˌtaɪt
goniatite
ˈɡəʊnɪəˌtaɪt
haematite
ˈhiːməˌtaɪt
hepatite
ˈhɛpəˌtaɪt
hydroxyapatite
haɪˌdrɒksɪˈæpəˌtaɪt
hydroxylapatite
haɪˈdrɒksɪˈlæpəˌtaɪt
migmatite
ˈmɪɡməˌtaɪt
pegmatite
ˈpɛɡməˌtaɪt
pyrrhotite
ˈpɪrəˌtaɪt
shergottite
ˈʃɜːɡəˌtaɪt
spessartite
ˈspɛsəˌtaɪt
watertight
ˈwɔːtəˌtaɪt
zaratite
ˈzærəˌtaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEATITE

stean
steapsin
stearate
stearic
stearic acid
stearin
stearine
stearoptene
steatitic
steatocele
steatolysis
steatoma
steatomatous
steatopyga
steatopygia
steatopygic
steatopygous
steatorrhea
steatorrhoea
steatosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEATITE

appetite
bipartite
celestite
fluorapatite
hematite
Hittite
magnetite
micropegmatite
multipartite
partite
petite
quadripartite
ratite
smectite
stalactite
syntagmatite
tektite
tite
transvestite
tripartite

Synonyms and antonyms of steatite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «steatite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEATITE

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

Translator English - Chinese

滑石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esteatita
570 millions of speakers

English

steatite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साबुन का पत्थर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحجر الصابوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стеатит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esteatito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

steatite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stéatite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Steatite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steatit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ステアタイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Steatite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất hóa học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

steatite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टीटेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sabuntaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

steatite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

steatytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стеатит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

steatit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στεατίτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steatite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

steatit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kleberstein
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of steatite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STEATITE»

The term «steatite» is regularly used and occupies the 67.764 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STEATITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «steatite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «steatite» 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 steatite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEATITE»

Discover the use of steatite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to steatite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Steatite vessel manufacture in eastern North America
In temperate eastern North America, steatite vessels have an unusual distribution widespread (ranging from New Brunswick, Canada to Louisiana) but apparently short-lived (approximately 1800 - 800 B.C.).
James Truncer, 2004
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Archaeomineralogy
Steatite is a fine-grained, compact rock consisting chiefly of the mineral talc ( hardness 1) but usually containing many other harder mineral constituents including chlorite, mica, tremolite, quartz, and magnetite. This has led to great difficulty in ...
George Rapp, 2009
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San Clemente Island Steatite Sourcing
Steatite artifacts on San Clemente Island include comals, effigies, bowls, ground stone, donut stones, beads, flakes, mortars, pendants, and caches of unmodified steatite.
Amy L. Tupa, 2009
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The Biggings, Papa Stour, Shetland: The History and ...
124 48 Large steatite bowl SF 755/748. 132 49 Large steatite bowl SF 1548. with tooling and a perforation. 132 50 Flat-bottomed, oval/sub-rectangular steatite vessel SF 643. 133 51 Steatite vessel sherd SF 1503a, with small base-angle.
Beverley Ballin Smith, Norske videnskaps-akademi, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1999
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Mountain Spirit: The Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone
between Yellowstone Lake and Jackson Lake as the center of the distribution, he found that within a radius of 100 miles, sites with steatite vessels were about 2.4 times more common than sites with Intermoun- tain pottery. The ratio of steatite ...
Lawrence L. Loendorf, Nancy Medaris Stone, 2006
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The Church Topography of the Eastern Settlemen and the ...
Two fragments of vessels of steatite, rather heavy material, one of them with a largish perforation and traces of another: a scratched cross may be an owner's mark. Largish fragment of a vessel of steatite, a sidesherd, with one perforation and a ...
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Vatnahverfi
Ruin 12 (no ref. to room) Two large fragments of vessels of steatite, heavy material. One with two incised lines, very charred, especially on the outside. Both with one perforation. Three fragments of different vessels of steatite, side-sherds.
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Inter-regional Interaction and Urbanism in the Ancient Indus ...
... H2000/9999-130 selenite crystal Gypsum H2000/2084-1 steatite fragment Talc H2000/2 139-142 steatite fragment Talc dolomite H2000/2222-2 steatite fragment Talc H2000/2778-18 steatite fragment Talc H2000/8983-3 steatite fragment ...
Randall William Law (II.), 2008
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Kebister: The Four-thousand-year-old Story of One Shetland ...
The pumice at Kebister is geochemically indistinguishable from the pumice found on strandlines throughout the north Atlantic region (Newton unpublished). 5.5 THE STEATITE Paul M Sharman 5.5.1 INTRODUCTION THE STEATITE ♢ 169 ...
Olwyn Owen, Christopher Lowe, 1999
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Egyptian and Egyptianizing Scarabs: A Typology of Steatite, ...
Gorton uses a selection of published and unpublished scarabs to produce a stylistic typology, in order to then determine workshop origins, distribution patterns, and ultimately, suggest contact links between the East and West Mediterranean, ...
Andrée Feghali Gorton, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEATITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term steatite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Solid State PLC insider Frere,Anthony B. Sells 47996 Shares (SOLI)
Its products and services are delivered through two operating businesses include Steatite and Solid State Supplies. Steatite division designs, manufactures and ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
2
GPS tracking of offenders delayed by further 12 months
Grayling announced in July 2014 that a small Redditch company, Steatite, would ... Although Steatite are responsible for developing the new tags, the overall ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Government still paying G4S and Serco millions for tagging despite …
The former justice secretary, Chris Grayling, announced in July last year that a small Redditch company, Steatite, would supply the new generation of satellite ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Morgan war memorial rededicated
... Thomas Moule, Thomas Henry Vale and Robert Wilkes – were among dozens of employees of the then ICI Steatite facility called up for active service in World ... «Kidderminster Shuttle, Apr 15»
5
Ginsbury Electronics in Strood bought by stock market-listed Solid …
It will now operate alongside Solid State Supplies and Steatite, the two main trading companies of the AIM-listed Solid State, based in Worcestershire. «Kent Online, Apr 15»
6
Harappan surprise
It is made of steatite.” A.K. Pandey, Deputy Director of the excavation at the Harappan site of 4MSR, told the Frontline team. Along with Pandey, who is also the ... «Frontline, Apr 15»
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Innovate UK Funding Given to Develop Lithium Sulfur Batteries for …
Innovate UK agreed funding of £1.1 million which will be led by Steatite whose speciality is the design and manufacture of Lithium battery pack solutions. «PR Newswire, Mar 15»
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Mines ministry to notify 31 major minerals as minor minerals
... Jasper, Kaolin, Laterite, Limekankar, Mica, Ochre,Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Quartzite,Sand (Others), Shale, Silica Sand, Slate, and Steatite/Talc/Soapstone. «Economic Times, Feb 15»
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Exports star Buddi shuns UK red tape to win £20m deals abroad
The Ministry selected Steatite, part of AIM-listed Solid State in Redditch, Worcestershire, as the supplier of monitoring hardware for GPS offender tagging in July ... «This is Money, Dec 14»
10
Frost & Sullivan Applauds OXIS Energy for its Lithium-Sulfur Battery …
For example, it has collaborated with both Steatite and Hans H. Schive to develop advanced lithium-sulfur batteries that combine its unique cell technology with ... «PR Newswire, Dec 14»

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