isinglass
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1. any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | mineral, |
| definition | : | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | biotite, |
| definition | : | dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lepidolite, |
| definition | : | a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | muscovite, |
| definition | : | a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | paragonite, |
| definition | : | a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | phlogopite, |
| definition | : | a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | zinnwaldite, |
| definition | : | a mica containing iron and lithium (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | micaceous, |
| definition | : | hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | micaceous, |
| definition | : | hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica (adj.pert) |
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