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A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diatomite, kieselguhr
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: filter, earth, ground
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
diatomita
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Chinese Mandarin:
硅藻土
(guīzǎotǔ)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Danish:
moler
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Danish:
kiselgur
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Esperanto:
diatomito
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Esperanto:
diatomea tero
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Esperanto:
kiselguro
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Finnish:
piimaa
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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French:
kieselguhr
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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French:
terre d'infusoires
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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French:
terre diatomée
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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German:
Kieselgur
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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German:
Diatomeenerde
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Irish:
cré dhiatómúil
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Japanese:
珪藻土
(keisōdo)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Korean:
규조토
(gyujoto)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Portuguese:
terra diatomácea
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Portuguese:
kieselguhr
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Portuguese:
diatomito
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Russian:
диатоми́т
(diatomít)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Russian:
кизельгу́р
(kizelʹgúr)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Russian:
инфузо́рная земля́
(infuzórnaja zemljá)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Russian:
го́рная мука́
(górnaja muká)
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
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Spanish:
diatomita
— soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
