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Muscovite
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places. not-comparable
- 2 Russian. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the residents of Moscow wordnet
Noun
- 1 An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
- 2 A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc. countable, uncountable
"Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite."
- 3 a resident of Moscow wordnet
- 4 A Russian. archaic, broadly
- 5 a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.
Etymology 2
1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.
Etymology 3
In 1850 from Muscovy glass + -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.
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