Definitions for zeolite

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zeolite ze·o·lite

Spelling: [zee-uh-lahyt]

IPA: /ˈzi əˌlaɪt/

Zeolite is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in zeolite (eeilotz).

Definitions for zeolite

noun

1. any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.

Origin of zeolite

1770-80; Greek ze(în) to boil + -o- + -lite

Examples for zeolite

Stilbite, stil′bīt, n. a pearly and foliated variety of zeolite.

Upon the moss-clad slopes many fragments of quartz and zeolite were met with.

It belongs to the zeolite family, and is a hydrated silicate of lime and potash, containing also fluorine.

An amygdaloidal variety containing calcareous spar and zeolite occurs S. of Dudley.