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quartz

N แร่ค วอ ทซ  แร่ช นิดหนึ่ง มี หลาย สี  เหลือบ วาว  rea-kor-sai

 

quartziferous

ADJ ที่ ประกอบด้วย แร่ค วอ ทซ  ti-pra-kob-duai-rea-kor-sai

 

quartzite

N หิน ที่ มี ส่วนประกอบ ของ แร่ค วอ ท์ซ  หิน ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น เม็ด ประกอบด้วย แร่ค วอ ท์ซ  hin-ti-me-suan-pra-kob-rea-kor-sai

 

quartzitic

N ซึ่ง เป็น หิน ที่ มี ส่วนประกอบ ของ แร่ค วอ ท์ซ  หิน ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น เม็ด ประกอบด้วย แร่ค วอ ท์ซ  sueng-hin-ti-me-suan-pra-kob-rea-kor-sai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUARTZ

n.quortz. A species of silicious minerals, of various colors, white, gray, reddish, yellowish or brownish; commonly amorphous, and frequently crystallized. The subspecies and varieties are numerous.

 

QUARTZY

a.Pertaining to quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz; resembling quartz. [Quartzy is the regular adjective, and quartzose and quartzous may be dispensed with. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUARTZ

Quartz, n. Etym: [G. quarz. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2 ), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.

 

Note: The crystalline varieties include: amethyst, violet; citrine and false topaz, pale yellow; rock crystal, transparent and colorless or nearly so; rose quartz, rosecolored; smoky quartz, smoky brown. The chief crypto-crystalline varieties are: agate, a chalcedony in layers or clouded with different colors, including the onyx and sardonyx; carnelian and sard, red or flesh-colored chalcedony; chalcedony, nearly white, and waxy in luster; chrysoprase, an apple- green chalcedony; flint, hornstone, basanite, or touchstone, brown to black in color and compact in texture; heliotrope, green dotted with red; jasper, opaque, red yellow, or brown, colored by iron or ferruginous clay; prase, translucent and dull leek-green. Quartz is an essential constituent of granite, and abounds in rocks of all ages. It forms the rocks quartzite (quartz rock ) and sandstone, and makes most of the sand of the seashore.

 

QUARTZIFEROUS

Quartz *if "er *ous, a. Etym: [Quartz + -ferous. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.

 

QUARTZITE

Quartz "ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quartzite. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.

 

QUARTZOID

Quartz "oid, n. Etym: [Quartz + -oid.] (Crystallog.)

 

Defn: A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six- sided pyramids, base to base.

 

QUARTZOSE

Quartz "ose `, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quartzeux, G. quarzig. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.

 

QUARTZOUS

QUARTZOUS quartz "ous, a. (Min. )

 

Defn: Quarzose.

 

QUARTZY

QUARTZY Quartz "y, a. (Min. )

 

Defn: Quartzose.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quartz

quartz |kwôrts kwɔrts | ▶noun a hard white or colorless mineral consisting of silicon dioxide, found widely in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. It is often colored by impurities (as in amethyst, citrine, and cairngorm ). ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from German Quarz, from Polish dialect kwardy, corresponding to standard Polish twardy ‘hard. ’

 

quartz clock

quartz clock ▶noun an electric clock in which the current is regulated and accuracy maintained by the regular vibrations of a quartz crystal.

 

quartz-halogen

quartz-hal o gen ▶adjective (of a high-intensity electric lamp ) using a quartz bulb containing the vapor of a halogen, usually iodine.

 

quartzite

quartz ite |ˈkwôrtˌsīt ˈkwɔrtsaɪt | ▶noun Geology an extremely compact, hard, granular rock consisting essentially of quartz. It often occurs as silicified sandstone, as in sarsen stones.

 

quartz lamp

quartz lamp ▶noun an electric lamp in which the envelope is made of quartz, which allows ultraviolet light to pass through it. It may be a bulb containing a halogen or a tube containing mercury vapor.

 

quartz watch

quartz watch ▶noun a watch operated by vibrations of an electrically driven quartz crystal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quartz

quartz |kwɔːts | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a hard mineral consisting of silica, found widely in igneous and metamorphic rocks and typically occurring as colourless or white hexagonal prisms. It is often coloured by impurities (as in amethyst, citrine, and cairngorm ). ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from German Quarz, from Polish dialect kwardy, corresponding to Czech tvrdý ‘hard ’.

 

quartz clock

quartz clock ▶noun an electric clock in which the current is regulated and accuracy maintained by the regular vibrations of a quartz crystal.

 

quartz-halogen

quartz-halogen ▶adjective (of a high-intensity electric lamp ) using a quartz bulb containing the vapour of a halogen, usually iodine.

 

quartzite

quartz |ite |ˈkwɔːtsʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology an extremely compact, hard, granular rock consisting essentially of quartz. It often occurs as silicified sandstone, as in sarsen stones.

 

quartz lamp

quartz lamp ▶noun an electric lamp in which the envelope is made of quartz, which allows ultraviolet light to pass through it. It may be a bulb containing a halogen or a tube containing mercury vapour.

 

quartz watch

quartz watch ▶noun a watch operated by vibrations of an electrically driven quartz crystal.

 

French Dictionary

quartz

quartz n. m. nom masculin Roche cristallisée très dure que l ’on retrouve dans la nature. : Le cristal de roche est un quartz. LOCUTION Montre à quartz. Montre comportant une lame de quartz. Prononciation Les lettres qua se prononcent koua et le z se prononce s, [kwarts ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quartz

quartz /kwɔː r ts /名詞 U 〘鉱 〙石英, 水晶 〘石英の結晶 〙, クォーツ 〘電子部品や時計に利用される 〙.～̀ cl ó ck 水晶 [クォーツ ]時計 .～̀ cr ý stal 〘電 〙水晶結晶板 .～̀ gl á ss 石英 [水晶 ]ガラス .～̀ l á mp 石英水銀灯 .～̀ m ó vement 水晶発振 .～̀ w á tch クォーツ腕時計 .