an·a·tase ( n  -t s , -tz)n. A rare blue or light yellow to brown crystalline mineral, the rarest of three forms of titanium dioxide, TiO2, used as a pigment, especially in paint. [French, from Greek anatasis, extension (from its long crystals), from anateinein, anata-, to extend : ana-, ana- + teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
anatase [ˈænəˌteɪz]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a rare blue or black mineral that consists of titanium oxide in tetragonal crystalline form and occurs in veins in igneous rocks. Formula: TiO2 Also called octahedrite
[from French, from Greek anatasis an extending (referring to the length of the crystals), from anateinein to stretch out]
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