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Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: solid state chemistry
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Spindle; the amount of yarn that fits on a spindle.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mineral
Narrower terms: spinel ruby, ruby spinel, Ceylonite, pleonaste
French spinelle, perhaps from Latin spina (“a thorn, a prickle”), in allusion to its pointed crystals.
From Middle English spinel, from Old English spinel (“spindle; the amount of yard on a spindle”), whence also the usual modern form, English spindle.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لَعْل
(laʕl)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Bulgarian:
шпине́л
(špinél)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Burmese:
အညံ့ပန်း
(a.nyam.pan:)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Catalan:
espinel·la
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Chinese Mandarin:
尖晶石
(jiānjīngshí)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Dutch:
spinel
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Finnish:
spinelli
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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French:
spinelle
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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German:
Spinell
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Greek:
σπινέλιος
(spinélios)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Italian:
spinello
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Japanese:
スピネル
(supineru)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Japanese:
尖晶石
(senshōseki)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Korean:
첨정석
(cheomjeongseok)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Persian:
لعل
(la'l)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Persian:
لال
(lâl)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Polish:
spinel
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Portuguese:
espinela
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Russian:
шпине́ль
(špinélʹ)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Sinhalese:
කිරිංචි
(kiriṁci)
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Spanish:
espinela
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Swedish:
spinell
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Thai:
สปิเนล
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
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Uzbek:
laʼl
— any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium
