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pyrite

N ชื่อ ธาตุ ที่ ประกอบด้วย เหล็ก และ กำมะถัน 

 

pyrites

N ชื่อ ธาตุ ที่ ประกอบด้วย เหล็ก และ กำมะถัน  แร่ เหล็ก พวก ซัล ไฟ ด์  pyrite marcasite

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYRITE

n.plu. pyrites. [Gr. , fire. ] Fire-stone; a genus of inflammable substances composed of sulphur and iron or other metal; a sulphuret of iron or other metal. Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, and stars of gold the sparkling pyrite blends.
[I have anglicized this word, according to Darwin and the French mineralogists; making pyrites a regular plural. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYRITE

Pyr "ite, n.; pl. Pyrites. Etym: [Cf. F. pyrite. See Pyrites. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide. Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling pyrite blends. E. Darwin.

 

PYRITES

Py *ri "tes, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Pyre. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.

 

Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite. -- Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous. -- Capillary pyrites, millerite. -- Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. -- Hair pyrites, millerite. -- Iron pyrites. See Pyrite. -- Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite. -- Tin pyrites, stannite. -- White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form ), spear pyrites, etc. -- Yellow, or Copper, pyrites, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pyrite

py rite |ˈpīˌrīt pəˈraɪdiz |(also pyrites |pəˈrītēz, pī -|) ▶noun a shiny yellow mineral consisting of iron disulfide and typically occurring as intersecting cubic crystals. Compare with marcasite. Also called fool's gold. DERIVATIVES py rit ic |pīˈritik, pə - |adjective, py rit i za tion |pəˌrītəˈzāSHən, pī - |noun, py ri tize |ˈpīrītˌīz |verb, py ri tous |pəˈrītəs, pī - |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a mineral used for kindling fire ): via Latin from Greek puritēs ‘of fire, ’ from pur ‘fire. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pyrites

pyrites |pʌɪˈrʌɪtiːz |(also iron pyrites; Mineralogy pyrite ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a shiny yellow mineral consisting of iron disulphide and typically occurring as intersecting cubic crystals. See also copper pyrites. DERIVATIVES pyritic |-ˈrɪtɪk |adjective pyritize (also pyritise ) verb ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a mineral used for kindling fire ): via Latin from Greek puritēs ‘of fire ’, from pur ‘fire ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pyrite

py rite /páɪ (ə )raɪt /名詞 U 〘鉱 〙黄鉄鉱 .

 

pyrites

py ri tes /paɪ (ə )ráɪtiːz /名詞 U 〘鉱 〙1 ＝pyrite .2 白鉄鉱 .3 硫化金属鉱の総称 .