selenite

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O). countable,uncountable
    — I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder.
  2. The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid. countable,uncountable

词形变化

selenites plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cadmium selenite selenitian selenitic selenitical selenitiferous silver selenite sodium selenite

词源

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ite; the chemistry sense comes via the name of the element selenium.
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