different between kieselguhr vs diatomite
kieselguhr
English
Etymology
From German Kieselguhr, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Guhr (“guhr”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ki?z?l???/
Noun
kieselguhr (countable and uncountable, plural kieselguhrs)
- diatomaceous earth. A kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 191:
- It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 191:
French
Noun
kieselguhr m (plural kieselguhrs)
- kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth
Synonyms
- terre d'infusoires
- terre diatomée
Further reading
- “kieselguhr” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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diatomite
English
Etymology
diatom +? -ite
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da??t??ma?t/
Noun
diatomite (countable and uncountable, plural diatomites)
- (geology) A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms
Synonyms
- ceyssatite
- diatomaceous earth
- kieselguhr
Translations
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dja.t?.mit/
Noun
diatomite f (plural diatomites)
- (geology) diatomite
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