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Meaning of "tourmaline" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOURMALINE

From German Turmalin, from Sinhalese toramalli carnelian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOURMALINE

tourmaline  [ˈtʊəməˌliːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOURMALINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tourmaline 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 TOURMALINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a crystal boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors. The name comes from the Sinhalese word "Turmali" or "Thoramalli", which applied to different gemstones found in Sri Lanka.

Definition of tourmaline in the English dictionary

The definition of tourmaline in the dictionary is any of a group of hard glassy minerals of variable colour consisting of complex borosilicates of aluminium with quantities of lithium, sodium, calcium, potassium, iron, and magnesium in hexagonal crystalline form: used in optical and electrical equipment and in jewellery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOURMALINE


amitryptyline
ˌæmɪˈtrɪptəˌliːn
bandoline
ˈbændəˌliːn
bengaline
ˈbɛŋɡəˌliːn
citrulline
ˈsɪtrəˌliːn
gasolene
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
gasoline
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
isoprenaline
ˌaɪsəʊˈprenəˌliːn
lobeline
ˈləʊbəˌliːn
Magdalene
ˈmæɡdəˌliːn
mescalin
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
mescaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
methylnaphthalene
ˌmiːθaɪlˈnæpθəˌliːn
morpholine
ˈmɔːfəˌliːn
naphthaline
ˈnæfθəˌliːn
nickeline
ˈnɪkəˌliːn
pemoline
ˈpɛməˌliːn
percaline
ˈpɜːkəˌliːn
picoline
ˈpɪkəˌliːn
quinoline
ˈkwɪnəˌliːn
silkoline
ˈsɪlkəˌliːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOURMALINE

tourist information centre
tourist information office
tourist office
tourist trade
tourist traffic
tourist trap
touristed
touristic
touristically
touristy
tourmalinic
Tournai
tournament
tournedos
Tourneur
tourney
tourneyer
tourniquet
tournure
touronaut

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOURMALINE

adrenaline
aline
alkaline
amygdaline
antalkaline
euryhaline
formaline
harmaline
hotline
hyaline
hypersaline
messaline
noradrenaline
opaline
praline
saline
sealine
sepaline
silkaline
thermohaline
valine

Synonyms and antonyms of tourmaline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tourmaline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOURMALINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

电气石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

turmalina
570 millions of speakers

English

tourmaline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टूमलाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التورمالين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

турмалин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

turmalina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুম্যালিন্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tourmaline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Turmalin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Turmalin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トルマリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전기석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turmalin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá nhiệt điện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tourmaline
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टूमलाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

turmalin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tormalina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

turmalin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

турмалін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turmalina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τουρμαλίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toermalyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

turmalin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

turmalin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tourmaline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOURMALINE»

The term «tourmaline» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.359 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOURMALINE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOURMALINE»

Discover the use of tourmaline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tourmaline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tourmaline
Miranda faces the mad Baroness Ceaucescu and the sinister Elector of Ratisbon in her quest to free her biological mother, while her best friends, Peter and Andromeda, are disturbingly changed by their quest through the forests of an ...
Paul Park, 2006
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The Tourmaline: A Monograph
The concluding text takes a Goethean view, explaining how tourmalines came to be invested with such a panoply of meanings, which remained unacknowledged for centuries. This is a book your family will treasure for many generations.
Friedrich Benesch, Bernhard Wöhrmann, 2003
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Tourmaline: A Gemstone Spectrum
Written and edited by some of the foremost scientists working in the field today, extraLapis No. 3 covers the mineralogy, phenomena, color and history of tourmaline as well as the latest research and recent discoveries.
‎2002
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The Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach
Because it can align the physical heart, Green Tourmaline is a powerful healing stone. It helps calm the nervous system and emotions, and it facilitates the proper flow of healing energy through the body. SPIRITUAL Green Tourmaline is ideal ...
Robert Simmons, Naisha Ahsian, 2007
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The Tourmaline expedition
"It was in the autumn of 1896 that my attention was first drawn to the opening of the Sus country.
Albert Gybbon-Spilsbury, W. R. Stewart, 1906
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Tourmaline: A Novel
“Graceful and engrossing.... Tourmaline comforts, haunts, and compels attention.. .. Powered by vivid prose and a suspenseful plot involving the disappearance of a young woman, Scott's novel recounts the experiences of an American family ...
Joanna Scott, 2007
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The Tourmaline: Its Relation as a Gem; Its Complex Nature; ...
This description may be readily applied to the tourmaline ; for its crystals are sometimes red at one extremity, and green at the other : and, moreover, this peculiarity in the distribution of color belongs to no other gem. Crystals of sapphire are ...
Augustus Choate Hamlin, 1873
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Disilicates and Ring Silicates
Transitional rock between granite and luxullianite has been shown to contain both yellow tourmaline replacing feldspar and blue-green tourmaline replacing biotite (Lister, 1981). Some yellow tourmaline may be primary in origin, but, after a ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 1997
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Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Auriferous veins of economic significance are made up of polyphased injections of quartz and tourmaline (cyclic opening/filling processes). These lenses are E-W elongated, make tens to a few hundreds metres in length and vary from 0.5 to 3 ...
A. Piestrzynski, 2001
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Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
system Inorganic class Silicate grouP Tourmaline alkali sPecies Elbaite Tourmaline; Dravite Tourmaline; Schorl Tourmaline calcic sPecies Liddicoatite Tourmaline; Uvite Tourmaline The name Tourmaline is derived from the Sinhalese (Sri ...
Lance Grande, Allison Augustyn, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOURMALINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tourmaline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tourmaline Oil Corp Director Clayton H. Riddell Acquires 100000 …
Tourmaline Oil Corp logo Tourmaline Oil Corp (TSE:TOU) Director Clayton H. Riddell bought 100,000 shares of Tourmaline Oil Corp stock in a transaction that ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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Tourmaline Oil Corp Director Clayton H. Riddell Purchases 50000 …
Tourmaline Oil Corp logo Tourmaline Oil Corp (TSE:TOU) Director Clayton H. Riddell purchased 50,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
3
Takeda Submits New Drug Application for Ixazomib for Patients with …
“The TOURMALINE-MM1 study is the first in a series of five Phase 3 trials within our ixazomib program, which is designed to evaluate whether sustained therapy ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
4
Tourmaline Oil Corp. to Acquire Mapan Energy Ltd. as It Continues …
Mapan has also granted Tourmaline a right to match any superior proposal ... of $4.0 million to Tourmaline in certain events, including if Mapan recommends, ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
5
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) Had It's TP Increases by Researchers at …
In a research note shared with investors and clients by First Energy on 26 June, Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) had its TP raised to $54.75. The firm currently has ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
6
Tourmaline Oil Corp Price Target Lowered to C$48.00 at TD …
Tourmaline Oil Corp logo Equities research analysts at TD Securities lowered their target price on shares of Tourmaline Oil Corp (TSE:TOU) from C$50.00 to ... «Dakota Financial News, Jun 15»
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Tourmaline Oil Corp. Announces Election of Directors
Tourmaline is a Canadian intermediate crude oil and natural gas exploration and production ... For further information, please contact: Tourmaline Oil Corp. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Tourmaline Oil Corp. Enters Into Bought Deal Financing
Tourmaline is a Canadian intermediate crude oil and natural gas exploration and production ... For further information, please contact: Tourmaline Oil Corp. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
9
Tourmaline tapping market with $146-million share issue
Tourmaline Oil Corp. is tapping the market with a $146-million share issue as much of the energy the sector grapples with economic and political uncertainty. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
10
Takeda Announces First Patient Enrolled in Global Phase 3 Study of …
The Phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM-4 study will evaluate the role of ixazomib ... Phase 3 maintenance study (TOURMALINE-MM3) in patients who do receive ASCT. «Business Wire, May 15»

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