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noun
- A common substance recognised chemically as sodium chloride (NaCl?), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A kind of marsh at the shore of a sea (short for salt marsh, apparently not in a wide-spread use).
- (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
- (cryptography) Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute force, brute-force decryption more difficult.
verb
- (transitive) To add salt to.
- (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
- (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- To include colorful language in.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
adjective
- salty, Salty.
- saline, Saline.
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noun
- (mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. It sometimes reflects a blue sheen along crystal planes. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and sanidine with this property is called moonstone.
- Chemical composition: Potassium aluminum silicate, <math>KAlSi?_3O_8</math>
- Physical properties:
Moh's Hardness: 6.0
Specific gravity: 2.6
Color: white, flesh, yellow, pink
Luster: glassy
Fracture: conchoidal
Habit: tabular. Well developed crystal faces are often highly reflective.
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| Sapphire |
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proper noun
- given female name
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| scapolite |
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noun - (mineralogy) Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks
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| scheelite |
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noun - (mineralogy) a mineral composed of calcium tungstate; an important tungsten ore
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| sclerometer |
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noun
- A device used to measure the hardness of a material by applying pressure to a moving diamond stylus
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| selenite |
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noun
- (mineralogy) a soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO?4·2H2O)
- (chemistry) the anion SeO?32− derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of senenous acid
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| Serpentine |
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proper noun
- Name of the lake in Hyde Park, London.
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| siderite |
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noun (siderites, -)
- (uncountable), (mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO?3, having the structure of calcite
- (countable) an iron meteorite
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| silex |
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noun
- finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
- Obsolescent: In Latin, ca 1590, use meaning "Flints" (hard rocks), as a Early Modern Era term for silica materials (earths).
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| silicate |
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noun - (chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
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| siliceous |
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adjective - (chemistry) of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica
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| siliciferous |
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adjective
- yielding or bearing silica
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| sillimanite |
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noun - (mineralogy) a fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite
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| skutterudite |
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noun - (mineralogy) A mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide mineral
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| smithsonite |
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noun - (mineralogy) a mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO?3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone
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| sodalite |
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noun
- (mineralogy) A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica. Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite Group of silicate minerals.
- Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, <math>Na_4Al_3Si_3O_{12}Cl</math>
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| soda niter |
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noun
- sodium nitrate
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| sorosilicate |
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noun - (chemistry) any silicate based on the dimeric anion Si2O76-
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| sphalerite |
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noun
- (mineralogy) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (zinc, Zn,iron, Fe)sulfur, S.<ref name="Dana's new"/>
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| sphene |
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noun - (mineralogy) titanite
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| spinel |
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noun
- (mineralogy) any of several hard, glassy minerals that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours
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| stannite |
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noun
- a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulphide of copper, iron and tin, Cu2FeSnS?4, used as an ore of tin
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| stibnite |
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noun
- (mineralogy) A grey mineral, Sb2S3, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl
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| stishovite |
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noun - (mineralogy) A fine-grained mineral, SiO?2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure
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| streak |
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noun (plural: streaks)
- An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
- The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
- A continuous series of like events.
- I hope I can keep up this of accomplishments.
- The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
- A moth of the family Geometridae Chesias legatella (see w:Streak (moth)).
- A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
- She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious .
verb to streak (streaks, streaked, streaking)
Intransitive:
- to have or obtain streaks;
- If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
- (slang) to run naked in public
- It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
Transitive:
- to create streaks
- You will a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
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| stria |
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noun (stri, ae)
- A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
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| Strontian |
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proper noun
- A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there
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| strontianite |
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noun - (mineralogy) A grey or yellowish mineral, SrCO?3, strontium carbonate, that is an ore of strontium
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| sylvite |
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noun - (mineralogy) a saline evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride, also found in fumaroles
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