Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hard, variously colored mineral with composition MgAl2O4, having usually octahedral crystals and occurring in igneous and metamorphosed carbonate rocks. The red variety is valued as a gem and is sometimes confused with ruby.
- noun Any of a group of minerals that are oxides of magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, or aluminum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral of various shades of red, also blue, green, yellow, brown, and black, commonly occurring in isometric octahedrons.
- noun A bleached yarn from which the linen tape called inkle is made.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called
inkle ; unwrought inkle. - noun (Min.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy any of several hard
minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixedoxides ofmagnesium andaluminium and are used asgemstones of various colours - noun solid state chemistry any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral
- noun Bleached
yarn in making thelinen tape calledinkle ;unwrought inkle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Violet red spinel is sometimes called "_almandine spinel_."
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Nissan and NEC say their laminated cell batteries use a stable crystal structure called spinel manganese that will eliminate the risk of overheating.
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The magnesium salt Mg (AlO_ {2}) _ {2} is called spinel, and many other of its salts, called aluminates, are found in nature.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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But it's a spinel, which is supposed to be semi-precious.
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Some gem-traders use the term "spinel" for those, but sages reject the term.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II 1992
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Hyundai says the manganese spinel electrodes in its new batteries, produced by LG Chem, reduce wear on the batteries compared with other lithium-ion technologies.
2011 Hyundai Sonata hybrid - Details revealed on the upcoming Blue Drive sedan 2010
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An unusual item at Christie's will be a rare imperial Mughal spinel necklace with three of the 11 polished beads inscribed with the name of Shah Jahangir, who ruled in India from 1605 to 1627.
Jewelry's Crowning Glory Margaret Studer 2011
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Hyundai says the manganese spinel electrodes in its new batteries, produced by LG Chem, reduce wear on the batteries compared with other lithium-ion technologies.
2011 Hyundai Sonata hybrid - Details revealed on the upcoming Blue Drive sedan 2010
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- And as for wanting some disolution or not... am I hearing Li-ion battery spinel cathodes?
A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010
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The floor was a mosaic of jacinth, spinel and sunstone.
bilby commented on the word spinel
It's like spineless without a backbone.
March 24, 2016