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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.

Etymology

From Latin rutilus ‎(“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.[1]

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