zeolite
English
noun
Definitions
- (mineral) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure; they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέω (boil, I seethe, bubble, I boil, ferment, seethe).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ζέω
Gloss
boil, I seethe, bubble, I boil, ferment, seethe
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metallozeolite English
- nanozeolite English
- nonzeolitic English
- zeolitic English
- zeolitiform English
- zeolitise English
- zeolitize English
- ζέσις Ancient Greek
- ζέω Ancient Greek
- ζεστός Ancient Greek
- ἐκζέω Ancient Greek
- *yes- Proto-Indo-European
- ζέστη Greek (modern)