Sorbite
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pearlite. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"According to Boynton this constituent is sorbite in the case of steels containing more than ·8 per cent. carbon, for if troostite be β iron free from carbon it cannot exist in hyper-eutectoid steels."
- 2 Sorbitol. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Sorbite is isomeric with mannite and dulcite, and forms with oxalic acid at 75° sorbite-formamide, with evolution of carbonic anhydride. It is a colourless odourless syrup."
Example
More examples"According to Boynton this constituent is sorbite in the case of steels containing more than ·8 per cent. carbon, for if troostite be β iron free from carbon it cannot exist in hyper-eutectoid steels."
Etymology
From Sorby (“a surname”) + -ite, after Henry Clifton Sorby.
From sorb + -ite.
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