English-Thai Dictionary

spinel

N แร่ ไร้ สี  สัญลักษณ์ ทาง เคมี  MgAIO4 rea-rai-se-san-ya-lak-tang-kea-me

 

spineless

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี กระดูกสันหลัง  sueng-mai-me-kra-duk-san-lang

 

spinelle

N แร่ ไร้ สี  สัญลักษณ์ ทาง เคมี  MgAIO4 rea-rai-se-san-ya-lak-tang-kea-me

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPINEL, SPINELLE

n.The spinelle ruby, says Hauy; is the true ruby, a gem of a red color, blended with tints of blue or yellow. It is in grains more or less crystalized. A subspecies of octahedral corundum.

 

SPINELLANE

n.A mineral occurring in small crystaline masses and in minute crystals. It has been found only near the lake of Laach.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPINEL; SPINELLE

Spi *nel ", Spi *nelle ", n. Etym: [F. spinelle, or LL. spinellus,perhaps from L. spina a thorn, a prickle, in allusion to its pointed crystals.] (Min. )

 

Defn: A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.

 

Note: The spinel group includes spinel proper, also magnetite, chromite, franklinite, gahnite, etc. , all of which may be regarded as composed of a sesquioxide and a protoxide in equal proportions.

 

SPINEL

SPINEL Spin "el, n.

 

Defn: Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. Knight.

 

SPINELESS

SPINELESS Spine "less, a.

 

Defn: Having no spine.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spinel

spi nel |spiˈnel spəˈnɛl | ▶noun a hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable color and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminum oxides. • Chemistry any of a class of oxides including this, containing aluminum and another metal and having the general formula MAl 2 O 4. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French spinelle, from Italian spinella, diminutive of spina ‘thorn. ’

 

spineless

spine less |ˈspīnlis ˈspaɪnlɪs | ▶adjective 1 having no spine or backbone; invertebrate. 2 lacking resolution; weak and purposeless: a spineless coward. 3 (of an animal or plant ) lacking spines: spineless forms of prickly pear have been selected. DERIVATIVES spine less ly adverb, spine less ness noun

 

spinel ruby

spi nel ru by ▶noun a deep red variety of spinel, often of gem quality.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spinel

spinel |spɪˈnɛl, ˈspɪn (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable colour and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminium oxides. • [ count noun ] Chemistry any of a class of oxides including spinel, containing aluminium and another metal and having the general formula MAl 2 O 4. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French spinelle, from Italian spinella, diminutive of spina ‘thorn ’.

 

spineless

spine |less |ˈspʌɪnlɪs | ▶adjective 1 having no spine or backbone; invertebrate. 2 weak and purposeless: a spineless coward. 3 (of an animal or plant ) lacking spines. DERIVATIVES spinelessly adverb, spinelessness noun

 

spinel ruby

spi ¦nel ruby ▶noun [ mass noun ] a deep red variety of spinel, often of gem quality.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spineless

spineless adjective Flora could have smacked him for being so spineless: weak, weak-willed, weak-kneed, feeble, soft, ineffectual, irresolute, indecisive; cowardly, timid, timorous, fearful, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, craven, unmanly, namby-pamby, lily-livered, chicken-hearted; informal wimpish, wimpy, sissy, wussy, chicken, yellow, yellow-bellied, gutless. ANTONYMS bold, brave, strong-willed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spineless

spineless adjective Fiona could have smacked him for being so spineless: weak, weak-willed, weak-kneed, feeble, spiritless, soft, ineffectual, inadequate, irresolute, indecisive; cowardly, timid, timorous, fearful, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, craven, submissive, unmanly, namby-pamby, lily-livered, chicken-hearted, limp-wristed, afraid of one's shadow; informal wimpish, wimpy, sissy, sissified, chicken, yellow, yellow-bellied, gutless, pathetic; Brit. informal wet; N. Amer. vulgar slang candy-assed, chickenshit; archaic poor-spirited, recreant. ANTONYMS bold, brave, strong-willed.

 

Duden Dictionary

Spinell

Spi nell Substantiv, maskulin , der |Spin e ll |wohl italienisch spinello, Verkleinerungsform von: spina < lateinisch spina, Spina kubisch kristallisierendes, durchsichtiges Mineral

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spineless

sp í ne less 形容詞 1 ｟非難して ｠勇気のない, いくじのない ; 決断力のない .2 〘動 〙無脊椎 （せきつい ）の ; 背骨のない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞