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MILLERITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does millerite mean?
• MILLERITE (noun)
The noun MILLERITE has 1 sense:
1. a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel
Familiarity information: MILLERITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("millerite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "millerite"):
atomic number 28; Ni; nickel (a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite)
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