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HAUSMANNITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hausmannite mean?
• HAUSMANNITE (noun)
The noun HAUSMANNITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese
Familiarity information: HAUSMANNITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hausmannite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "hausmannite"):
atomic number 25; manganese; Mn (a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals)
manganese tetroxide (an oxide of manganese found naturally as hausmannite)
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