BADDELEYITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of zirconium oxide

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("baddeleyite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "baddeleyite"):

atomic number 40; zirconium; Zr (a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon)

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