English-Thai Dictionary

amianthus

N เยื่อ หินช นิดหนึ่ง มี เส้น ใย ละเอียด  yuea-hin-cha-nid-nueng-me-sen-yai-la-iad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMIANTH, AMIANTHUS

n.[Gr. of a neg. and to pollute, or vitiate; so called from its incombustibility. Plin. 36. 19.] Earth-flax, or mountain flax; a mineral substance somewhat resembling flax; usually grayish, or of a greenish white; sometimes of a yellowish or silvery white, olive or mountain green, of a pale flesh red or ocher color. It is composed of delicate filaments, very flexible and somewhat elastic, often long and resembling threads of silk. It is incombustible, and has sometimes been wrought into cloth and paper.

 

AMIANTHIFORM

a.[Amianth and form. ] Having the form or likeness of amianth. Amianthiform arseniate of copper.

 

AMIANTHINITE

n.A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite; its color ash, greenish or yellowish gray, often mixed with yellow or red; its fracture confusedly foliated and fibrous.

 

AMIANTHOID

n.[Amianth and Gr. form. ] A mineral which occurs in tufts, composed of long capillary filaments, flexible and very elastic; more flexible than the fibers of asbestus, but stiffer and more elastic than those of amianth. The color is olive green, or greenish white.

 

AMIANTHOID

a.Resembling amianth in form.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMIANTH

AMIANTH Am "i *anth, n.

 

Defn: See Amianthus. [Poetic ]

 

AMIANTHIFORM

Am `i *an "thi *form, a. Etym: [Amianthus + -form. ]

 

Defn: Resembling amianthus in form.

 

AMIANTHOID

Am `i *an "thoid, a. Etym: [Amianthus + -oid: cf. F. amiantoïde.]

 

Defn: Resembling amianthus.

 

AMIANTHUS

Am `i *an "thus, n. Etym: [L. amiantus, Gr. (Min. )

 

Defn: Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amianthus

amianthus |ˌamɪˈanθəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a variety of asbestos with fine silky fibres which can be woven. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin amiantus, from Greek amiantos ‘undefiled ’ (i.e. purified of stains by fire, it being incombustible ), from a- ‘not ’ + miainein ‘defile ’. The spelling was changed from the Latin on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

amianthus

amianthus |ˌamɪˈanθəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a variety of asbestos with fine silky fibres which can be woven. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin amiantus, from Greek amiantos ‘undefiled ’ (i.e. purified of stains by fire, it being incombustible ), from a- ‘not ’ + miainein ‘defile ’. The spelling was changed from the Latin on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower ’.