Definitions for rutile

rutile ru·tile

Spelling: [roo-teel, -tahyl]
IPA: /ˈru til, -taɪl/

Rutile is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in rutile (eilrtu).

Definitions for rutile

noun

  1. a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.

Origin of rutile

1795-1805; French German Rutil Latin rutilus red1

Examples for rutile

Minute crystals of brookite have been detected with anatase and rutile in the iron-ore of Cleveland in Yorkshire.

Its most common ore is rutile (TiO2), which resembles silica in many respects.

Biotite, if present, is brown; epidote is yellow or colourless; rutile, apatite and quartz all occur with some frequency.

There is no distinct cleavage (rutile and anatase have cleavages); hardness 5-6; sp.

rutile is much lighter, 4·2, and the streak light-brown; tourmaline is only 3·2.

The principal titanium minerals are rutile (titanium oxide) and ilmenite (iron titanate).

Titanic acid occurs in nature crystallized in anatase, arkansite, brookite, and rutile.

rutile and ilmenite both have high specific gravity and are little affected by weathering.

Brookite occurs only as crystals, never in compact masses, and is usually associated with either anatase or rutile.

Word Value for rutile
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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