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octahedrite

[ ok-tuh-hee-drahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.


octahedrite

/ ˌɒktəˈhiːdraɪt /

noun

  1. another name for anatase
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of octahedrite1

1795–1805; < Late Latin octahedr ( os ) eight-sided < Greek oktáedron ( octahedron ) + -ite 1

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