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Webster 1913 Edition


Rutile

Ru′tile

(rṳ′tĭl)
,
Noun.
[L.
rutilus
red, inclining to golden yellow.]
(Min.)
A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rutile

RU'TILE

,
Noun.
Sphene, an oxyd of titanium, of a dark red color, or of a light or brownish red. It occurs massive, disseminated, membranous, and in crystals.

Definition 2024


rutile

rutile

See also: rutilé

English

Noun

rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.

Translations

See also

  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Noun

rutile m (plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) rutile

Latin

Adjective

rutile

  1. vocative masculine singular of rutilus

Spanish

Verb

rutile

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rutilar.