spinel
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /spɪˈnɛl/, /ˈspɪnəl/
spinel
- (mineral) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
- (solid state chemistry) Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
- Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
- French: spinelle
- German: Spinell
- Italian: spinello
- Portuguese: espinela
- Russian: шпине́ль
- Spanish: espinela
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