mineral

min·er·al

 (mĭn′ər-əl)

n.

1. A naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substance having a definite chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness.

2. Any of various natural substances, as:

a. An element, such as gold or silver.

b. An organic derivative, such as coal or petroleum.

c. A substance, such as stone, sand, salt, or coal, that is extracted or obtained from the ground or water and used in economic activities.

3. A substance that is neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic matter.

4. An inorganic element, such as calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, or zinc, that is essential to the nutrition of humans, animals, and plants.

5. An ore.

6. Chiefly British

a. minerals Mineral water.

b. A soft drink.

adj.

1. Of or relating to minerals: a mineral deposit.

2. Impregnated with minerals.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin minerāle, from neuter of minerālis, pertaining to mines, from Old French miniere, mine, from mine; see mine¹.]

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mineral

(ˈmɪnərəl; ˈmɪnrəl)

n

1. (Minerals) any of a class of naturally occurring solid inorganic substances with a characteristic crystalline form and a homogeneous chemical composition

2. any inorganic matter

3. (Mining & Quarrying) any substance obtained by mining, esp a metal ore

4. (Cookery) (often plural) Brit short for mineral water

5. (Cookery) Brit a soft drink containing carbonated water and flavourings. Usual US word: soda

adj

(Minerals) of, relating to, containing, or resembling minerals

[C15: from Medieval Latin minerāle (n), from minerālis (adj); related to minera mine, ore, of uncertain origin]

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min•er•al

(ˈmɪn ər əl, ˈmɪn rəl)

n.

1. any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usu. comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usu. of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.

2. a substance obtained by mining, as ore.

3. any substance that is neither animal nor vegetable.

4. any of the inorganic elements, as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, or sodium, that are essential to the functioning of the human body and are obtained from foods.

5. minerals, Brit. mineral water.

adj.

6. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a mineral.

7. containing or impregnated with minerals.

8. neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic: mineral matter.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French mineral < Medieval Latin minerāle (n.), minerālis (adj.) =miner(a) mine, ore (see mine²) + -āle, -ālis -al¹]

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min·er·al

(mĭn′ər-əl)

1. A naturally occurring, solid, inorganic element or compound having a uniform composition and a specific crystal structure. Minerals typically have a characteristic hardness and color, or range of colors, by which they can be recognized.

2. A natural substance of commercial value, such as iron ore, coal, or petroleum, that is obtained by mining, quarrying, or drilling.

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mineral

• diamond - Developed from adamant—the name of the hardest stone or mineral of ancient times—from Latin adamans, from Greek adamas, "invincible" (a-, "not," and daman, "to tame").
• Formica - Got its name from being created as a substitute "for mica," a mineral.
• mineral - Etymologically "something obtained by mining," from Latin minera, "ore."
• snow - Technically a mineral, it is Teutonic in origin, from an Indo-European root shared by the Latin words niv-/nix and Greek nipha; the spelling snow first appeared in English around 1200.

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mineral

A natural inorganic substance with distinct chemical composition and internal structure.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozocerite, ozokerite - a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles amblygonite - a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium amphibole - a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group amphibole group - a group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus aragonite - a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite argentite - a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) argyrodite - a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur arsenopyrite, mispickel - a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic mineral pitch, asphalt - a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons augite - dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium baddeleyite - a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide bastnaesite, bastnasite - a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements bauxite - a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst beryl - the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems borax - an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent bornite, peacock ore - a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits carnallite - a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium cassiterite - a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin celestite - a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate cerussite, white lead ore - a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead chalcocite, copper glance - a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper chalcopyrite, copper pyrites - a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide chlorite - a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal chromite - a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium chrysoberyl - a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone cinnabar - a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury cobaltite - a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt halite, rock salt - naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride coltan, columbite-tantalite - a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips cordierite - a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone corundom, corundum - very hard mineral used as an abrasive cristobalite - a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks crocolite - a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals cryolite, Greenland spar - a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine cuprite - a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper bitter spar, dolomite - a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer earth color - a colored mineral used as a pigment emery - a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper) cobalt bloom, erythrite - a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic fergusonite - a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals fluor, fluorite, fluorspar - a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium
Adj.	1.	mineral - relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral deposits"
	2.	mineral - composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic mineral world" inorganic - lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms

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mineral

noun

Minerals

actinolite, agate, albite, allanite, allophane, alunite, amalgam, amblygonite, analcite or analcime, anatase, andalusite, andesine, anglesite, anhydrite, ankerite, annabergite, anorthite, apatite, apophyllite, aragonite, argentite, arsenopyrite, augite, autunite, axinite, azurite, baddeleyite, barytes, bastnaesite or bastnasite, bauxite, beryl, biotite, bismuthinite or bismuth glance, Boehmite, boracite, borax, bornite, braunite, brookite, calaverite, calcite, carnallite, carnotite, cassiterite, celestite or celestine, cerargyrite, chabazite, chalcanthite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chromite, chrysoberyl, chrysotile, cinnabar, clay mineral, cleveite, clinopyroxene, cobaltite or cobaltine, colemanite, columbite, cordierite, corundum, cristobalite, crocidolite, crocoite or crocoisite, cryolite, cuprite, cyanite, datolite, diallage, diamond, diaspore, diopside, dioptase, dolomite, dumortierite, emery, enstatite, epidote, erythrite, euxenite, fayalite, feldspar or felspar, feldspathoid, fluorapatite, fluorspar, fluor or (U.S. & Canad.) fluorite, forsterite, franklinite, gahnite, galena or galenite, garnet, garnierite, gehlenite, germanite, geyserite, gibbsite, glauconite, goethite or göthite, graphite, greenockite, gummite, gypsum, halite, harmotome, hematite or haematite, hemimorphite, hessite, heulandite, hiddenite, hornblende, hyacinth, hypersthene, illite, ilmenite, jadeite, jarosite, jasper, kainite, kaolinite, kernite, kieserite, kunzite, labradorite, lapis lazuli, lazulite, lazurite, leucite, limonite, magnesite, magnetite, malachite, manganite, marcasite, margarite, massicot, meerschaum, metamict, mica, microcline, millerite, mimetite, molybdenite, monazite, montmorillonite, monzonite, mullite, muscovite, natrolite, nepheline or nephelite, nephrite, niccolite, norite, oligoclase, olivenite, olivine, opal, orpiment, orthoclase, ozocerite or ozokerite, pentlandite, periclase, perovskite, petuntse or petuntze, phenacite or phenakite, phosgenite, phosphorite, piedmontite, pinite, pitchblende, pollucite, polybasite, proustite, psilomelane, pyrargyrite, pyrite, pyrolusite, pyromorphite, pyrophyllite, pyroxene, pyroxenite, pyrrhotite or pyrrhotine, quartz, realgar, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, rutile, samarskite, saponite, sapphirine, scapolite, scheelite, scolecite, senarmontite, serpentine, siderite, sillimanite, smaltite, smaragdite, smectite, smithsonite, sodalite, sperrylite, sphalerite, sphene, spinel, spodumene, stannite, staurolite, stibnite, stilbite, strontianite, sylvanite, sylvite or sylvine, talc, tantalite, tenorite, tetradymite, tetrahedrite, thenardite, thorianite, thorite, tiemannite, topaz, torbernite, tourmaline, tremolite, triphylite, trona, troostite, tungstite, turgite, turquoise, uralite, uraninite, uranite, vanadinite, variscite, vermiculite, vesuvianite, wavellite, willemite, witherite, wolframite, wollastonite, wulfenite, zaratite, zeolite, zincite, zinkenite or zinckenite, zircon, zoisite

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Translations

مَعْدِنمَعْدَن، مَعْدَني

minerálminerálnínerostný

mineralmineral-mineralsk

Mineralmineralisch

μεταλλικόςορυκτό

mineral

mineraalimineraalivesihivenainekivennäis-kivennäisvesi

minéraleau minérale

खनिज

mineralmineralni

ásvány

steintegund; steinefni

mineraleacqua minerale

ミネラル鉱物鉱物の

광물성의무기물

gamtosgazuotas gėrimasmineralasmineralinismineralinis vanduo

derīgie izrakteņiminerāls

mineraalmineraalwaterdelfstof

mineralmineral-

minerałmineralny

mineral

минералминеральныйполезное ископаемое

minerálminerálny

mineral

mineralmineralisk

แร่ธาตุที่มีแร่

madenmadenselmineral

khoáng sảnthuộc khoáng sản

矿物含矿物质的

mineral

[ˈmɪnərəl]

A. N → mineral m

B. CPD mineral deposit N → yacimiento m minero
mineral rights NPL → derechos mpl al subsuelo
mineral water N → agua f mineral

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mineral

[ˈmɪn^ərəl]

adj [resources, wealth] → minéral(e) mineral oil

n (= substance) → minéral m mineral supplement minerals

npl (British) (soft drinks) → boissons gazeuses (sucrées)mineral deposits npl → gisements mpl miniers

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mineral

n → Mineral nt

adj → mineralisch; mineral deposits → Mineralbestände pl; mineral exploration → Mineraliensuche f

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mineral

:

mineral oil

n → Mineralöl nt

mineral spring

n → Mineralquelle f, → Heilbrunnen m

mineral water

n → Mineralwasser nt

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mineral

[ˈmɪn/ər/əl]

1. adj (substance, kingdom) → minerale; (wealth, deposits, ore) → minerario/a
mineral salts → sali mpl minerali

2. n → minerale m (Brit) (soft drink) minerals npl → bevande fpl gasate

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mineral

(ˈminərəl) noun

a substance (metals, gems, coal, salt etc) found naturally in the earth and mined. What minerals are mined in that country?; (also adjective) mineral ores. mineraal مَعْدَن، مَعْدَني минерал mineral minerál; nerostný das Mineral mineral; mineral- ορυκτό μετάλλευμα, ορυκτόςmineral mineraal ماده معدنی mineraali minéralמינרל खनिज mineral ásvány barang tambang steintegund; steinefni minerale 鉱物 광물 mineralas, rūda; mineralinis, gamtos minerāls; derīgie izrakteņi mineral mineraalmineralminerał معدنى mineral mi­ne­ral минерал; полезные ископаемые minerál; minerálny rudnina mineral mineral แร่ mineral, maden 礦物，礦物質 мінерал معدن khoáng 矿物

mineral water

1. a type of water containing small quantities of health-giving minerals. mineraalwater مياه مَعْدَنِيَّه минерална вода água mineral minerálka das Mineralwasser kildevand μεταλλικό νερόagua mineral mineraalvesi اب معدنی mineraalivesi eau minérale מַים מִינֶרָלִים खनिज जल mineralna voda ásványvíz air mineral ölkelduvatn, steinefnaríkt vatn acqua minerale ミネラルウォーター 광천수 mineralinis vanduo minerālūdens air mineral mineraalwaterkildevannwoda mineralna معدنى اوبه água mineral apă mi­ne­rală минеральная вода minerálka mineralna voda mineralna voda mineralvatten น้ำแร่ maden suyu 礦泉水 мінеральна вода ایک قسم کا پانی جس میں صحت بخش معادن ہوں nước khoáng 矿泉水

2. a fizzy, non-alcoholic drink such as lemonade. minerale water مَشْروب فَوّار сода água com gás nealkoholický nápoj das Mineralwasser mineralvand αναψυκτικό με ανθρακικό gaseosa karastusjook نوشیدنی بدون الکل soodavesi boisson gazeuse מַשקֶה קַל लेमोनेड इत्यादि bezalkoholno piće szénsavas üdítőital air soda sódavatn, vatn með gosi í acqua gassata; bevanda gassata 清涼飲料水 탄산수 gazuotas gėrimas gāzēts dzēriens air soda frisdrankmineralvann, brus napój gazowany الكول نه لرونكى gasosa газированная вода nealkoholický nápoj gazirana brezalkoholna pijača mineralna voda läskedryck น้ำโซดา gazoz 汽水 лимонад نیمو پانی کی طرح کوئی غیر الکحلی اور بے جھاگ مشروب nước giải khát 苏打水

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mineral

→ مَعْدِن minerál, minerální mineral, mineralsk Mineral, mineralisch μεταλλικός, ορυκτό mineral kivennäis-, mineraali minéral mineral, mineralni minerale 鉱物, 鉱物の 광물성의, 무기물 mineraal mineral, mineral- minerał, mineralny mineral минерал, минеральный mineral, mineralisk แร่ธาตุ, ที่มีแร่ maden, madensel khoáng sản, thuộc khoáng sản 含矿物质的, 矿物

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min·er·al

n. mineral, elemento inorgánico;

a. mineral;

___ water (carbonated) → agua ___ efervescente.

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• A bottle of mineral water → زُجَاجَةُ مِيَاهٍ مَعْدَنِيَّةٍ → Láhev minerální vody → En flaske danskvand → Eine Flasche Mineralwasser → Ένα μπουκάλι μεταλλικό νερό → Una botella de agua mineral → Pullo kivennäisvettä → Une bouteille d'eau minérale → Bocu mineralne vode → Una bottiglia di acqua minerale → ミネラルウォーターのボトル1本 → 생수 한 병 → Een fles mineraalwater → En flaske mineralvann → Butelkę wody mineralnej → Uma garrafa de água mineral → Бутылку минеральной воды → En flaska mineralvatten → น้ำแร่หนึ่งขวด → Bir şişe maden suyu → Một chai nước khoáng → 一瓶矿泉水
• A bottle of sparkling mineral water → زُجَاجَةٌ مِنْ الـمِيَاهِ الـمَعْدَنِيَّةِ الفَوَّارَةِ → Láhev perlivé minerální vody → En flaske danskvand med brus → Eine Flasche Mineralwasser mit Kohlensäure → Ένα μπουκάλι αεριούχο μεταλλικό νερό → Una botella de agua mineral con gas → Pullo hiilihapollista kivennäisvettä → Une bouteille d'eau minérale pétillante → Bocu gazirane mineralne vode → Una bottiglia di acqua gassata → 炭酸入りミネラルウォーターのボトル1本 → 탄산 생수 한 병 → Een fles spa-rood → En flaske mineralvann med kullsyre → Butelkę wody mineralnej gazowanej → Uma garrafa de água mineral com gás → Бутылку газированной минеральной воды → En flaska kolsyrat mineralvatten → น้ำแร่แบบซ่าหนึ่งขวด → Bir şişe maden suyu → Một chai nước khoáng có ga → 一瓶带气的矿泉水
• A bottle of still mineral water → زُجَاجَةٌ مِنْ الـمِيَاهِ الـمَعْدَنِيَّةِ غَيّرُ الفَوَّارَةِ → Láhev neperlivé minerální vody → En flaske danskvand uden brus → Eine Flasche stilles Mineralwasser → Ένα μπουκάλι μη αεριούχο μεταλλικό νερό → Una botella de agua mineral sin gas → Pullo hiilihapotonta kivennäisvettä → Une bouteille d'eau minérale plate → Bocu negazirane mineralne vode → Un bottiglia di acqua naturale → 炭酸なしミネラルウォーターのボトル1本 → 무탄산 생수 한 병 → Een fles spa-blauw → En flaske mineralvann uten kullsyre → Butelkę wody mineralnej niegazowanej → Uma garrafa de água mineral sem gás → Бутылку негазированной минеральной воды → En flaska mineralvatten utan kolsyra → น้ำแร่แบบไม่ซ่าหนึ่งขวด → Bir şişe su → Một chai nước khoáng không có ga → 一瓶不带气的矿泉水

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mineral

adj & n mineral m

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