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GUMMITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gummite mean?
• GUMMITE (noun)
The noun GUMMITE has 1 sense:
1. a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende
Familiarity information: GUMMITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("gummite" is a kind of...):
mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))
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