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Webster 1913 Edition

Dipyre

Di-pyre′

,
Noun.
[Gr.
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice fire.]
(Min.)
A mineral of the scapolite group; – so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dipyre

DIPYRE

,
Noun.
A mineral occurring in minute prisms, either single or adhering to each other in fascicular groups. Before the blowpipe, it melts with ebullition or intumescence, and its powder on hot coals phosphoresces with a feeble light. Its name, from Gr., two; fire, indicates the double effect of fire, in producing fusion and phosphorescence.

Definition 2024

dipyre

dipyre

English

Noun

dipyre ‎(plural dipyres)

  1. (mineralogy) A scapolite mineral.

Etymology

Ancient Greek twice fire; so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it and rendering it phosphorescent.

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