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see|Opal
English
Image:Opal_banded.jpg|thumb|Banded opal, a variety of opal (1)
Etymology
In Florio's A World of Words 1598 as opale, from French opale or opalle, from Latin opalus, probably from Greek ὀπάλλιος (opallios), maybe from Sanskrit upala-s "gem" or "opal".<ref>Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988</ref>
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊpəl|-əʊpəl
Noun
en-noun
#mineralogy A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
#biology, genetics, biochemistry A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
Translations
Estonian: opaal
Finnish: t|fi|opaali
French: opale
Icelandic: ópall m
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Russian: опал (opál) m
Spanish: ópalo m
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