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CELESTITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does celestite mean?
• CELESTITE (noun)
The noun CELESTITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Familiarity information: CELESTITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("celestite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "celestite"):
atomic number 38; Sr; strontium (a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite)
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