different between asbestos vs tremolite

English

Alternative forms

• asbestus (dated)

Etymology

From Old French abestos, from Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ???????? (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ??- (a-, “not”) + ???????? (sbénn?mi, “I quench, quell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æs.?b?s.t?s/, /æs.?b?s.t?s/, /æz.?b?s.t?s/

Noun

asbestos (countable and uncountable, plural asbestoses or (rare) asbesti)

1. (mineralogy) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

2. (mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms

Hyponyms

• (forms of magnesium silicate): serpentine: parachrysotile, amianthus, common asbestos, chrysotile
  • amphibole: blue asbestos, crocidolite, riebeckite; amosite, brown asbestos; crocidolite; tremolite/tremolite asbestos; actinolite/actinolite asbestos; anthophyllite/anthophyllite asbestos
• (asbestiform): richterite, winchite

Coordinate terms

• amianthus (a type of asbestos)

Derived terms

Translations

References

• asbestos at OneLook Dictionary Search
• asbestos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

asbestos (third-person singular simple present asbestoses, present participle asbestosing, simple past and past participle asbestosed)

1. To coat or line with asbestos.
2. Exposed to asbestos; suffering from asbestosis.
3. (metaphoric) Insulated or buffered.

English

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Noun

tremolite (countable and uncountable, plural tremolites)

1. (mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂; sometimes used in place of common asbestos.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Tremolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “tremolite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Noun

tremolite f (plural tremoliti)

1. (mineralogy) tremolite