Mineral
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.
"The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical."
- 2 solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition wordnet
- 3 Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
- 4 Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
- 5 Mineral water. British
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- 6 A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can. Ireland, Nigeria, South-Africa, informal
- 7 A mine or mineral deposit. obsolete
"O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;"
- 8 A poisonous or dangerous substance. obsolete
"...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]"
- 1 of, related to, or containing minerals not-comparable
- 1 composed of matter other than plant or animal wordnet
- 2 relating to minerals wordnet
- 1 A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
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More examples"The region is relatively rich in mineral resources."
Etymology
From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”).
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