Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Muscovite

Mus′co-vite

,
Noun.
[See
Muscovy glass
.]
1.
A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.
3.
(Min.)
Common potash mica, essentially
KAl3Si3O10(OH)2
. It is used as an electrical insulator. See
Mica
.

Definition 2024

Muscovite

Muscovite

See also: muscovite

English

Noun

Muscovite ‎(plural Muscovites)

  1. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
  2. (archaic) A Russian.

Translations

Adjective

Muscovite ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
  2. Russian.

Translations

muscovite

muscovite

See also: Muscovite

English

Muscovite

Noun

muscovite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural muscovites)

  1. (mineralogy) 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.
    • 2009, James S. Monroe; Reed Wicander, The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 5th edition, Belmont, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, ISBN 978-0-495-55480-6, page 76:
      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.

Translations

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

Etymology

1535. From Latin Moscovita ‎(“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia ‎(“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

Similar Results