- tinstone
- noun Date: 1602 cassiterite
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tinstone
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Tinstone — Tin stone , n. (Min.) Cassiterite. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tinstone — [tin′stōn΄] n. CASSITERITE … English World dictionary
tinstone — /tin stohn /, n. Mineral. cassiterite. [1595 1605; TIN + STONE] * * * … Universalium
tinstone — noun another term for cassiterite … English new terms dictionary
tinstone — tin•stone [[t]ˈtɪnˌstoʊn[/t]] n. mir cassiterite • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
tinstone — /ˈtɪnstoʊn/ (say tinstohn) noun → cassiterite. {tin + stone} …
tinstone — n. Geol. = CASSITERITE … Useful english dictionary
cassiterite — /keuh sit euh ruyt /, n. a brown or black mineral, tin dioxide, SnO2, that crystallizes in the tetragonal system; tinstone: the principal ore of tin. [1855 60; < Gk kassíter(os) tin + ITE1] * * * ▪ mineral also called Tinstone, heavy,… … Universalium
cassiterite — noun Etymology: French cassitérite, from Greek kassiteros tin Date: 1858 a brown or black mineral that consists of tin dioxide and is the chief source of metallic tin called also tinstone … New Collegiate Dictionary
Aratta — is a land that appears in Sumerian myths surrounding Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, two early and possibly mythical kings of Uruk also mentioned on the Sumerian king list.Role in Sumerian literatureAratta is described as follows in Sumerian literature … Wikipedia
