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Webster 1913 Edition


Anhydrite

An-hy′drite

,
Noun.
[See
Anhydrous
.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

Webster 1828 Edition


Anhydrite

AN'HYDRITE

,
Noun.
[See Anhydrous.]
A species of sulphate of lime, anhydrous gypsum, of which there are several varieties; compact, granular, fibrous, radiated, sparry, siliciferous or vulpinite, and convoluted.

Definition 2024


anhydrite

anhydrite

English

Noun

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium sulfate (gypsum).

Translations


French

Noun

anhydrite m (plural anhydrites)

  1. (mineralogy) anhydrite