Meaning Of The Word Monazite

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Monazite? Find Monazite meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Monazite Meaning

Monazite Definition
Monazite Definition

What's The Definition Of Monazite?

monazite in American English
a yellow or brownish-red native phosphate of the rare-earth elements, a major source of thorium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, etc.
noun: a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce, La) PO4: the principal ore of thorium

monazite in British English
noun: a yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a phosphate of thorium, cerium, and lanthanum in monoclinic crystalline form

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Disperse system ‐ a two-phase colloidal system consisting of the…
  • Shunter ‐ noun: a small railway locomotive used for manoeuvring…
  • Parachronism ‐ noun: a chronological error in which a person…
  • Kath and Kim ‐ noun: a personification of the White population…
  • Longipennate ‐ adjective: (of birds) having long slender wings…
  • Facecloth ‐ countable noun: A facecloth is the same as a face…
  • Colorize ‐ to prepare a video version of (a black-and-white…
  • After-hours ‐ after the regular hours for business, school…
  • Chiasmatypy ‐ noun: the process of chiasma formation, which…
  • Helpmann ‐ noun: Sir Robert. 1909–86, Australian ballet…