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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OCTAHEDRITE

n.Pyramidical ore of titanium.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OCTAHEDRITE

OCTAHEDRITE Oc `ta *he "drite, n. (Min. )

Defn: Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

New American Oxford Dictionary

octahedrite

oc ta he drite |ˌäktəˈhēdrīt ɑktəˈhidraɪt | ▶noun 1 another term for anatase. 2 an iron meteorite containing plates of kamacite and taenite in an octahedral orientation. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from octahedron + -ite 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

octahedrite

oc ta he drite |ˌäktəˈhēdrīt ɑktəˈhidraɪt | ▶noun 1 another term for anatase. 2 an iron meteorite containing plates of kamacite and taenite in an octahedral orientation. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from octahedron + -ite 1 .