aluminite

[ uh-loo-muh-nahyt ]

noun

1. a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO 4 )(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aluminite¹

First recorded in 1865–70; alumin- + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The walls seemed to bulge outward with the pressure of the room, the aluminite braces straining and creaking.

From Project Gutenberg

A sleek, rounded spread of glassite, with broad aluminite girders.

From Project Gutenberg

The Erentz engineers claimed for their system a pressure absorption of 97.4%, leaving, in Grantline's case, only 2.6% of room pressure to be held by the building's aluminite bracers.

From Project Gutenberg

Built for this purpose in Great-New York, Grantline had brought his aluminite girders and braces and the glassite panels in sections.

From Project Gutenberg

We floated there like a derelict—dark, silent, save for the lapping of the water against our aluminite pontoons.

From Project Gutenberg