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aluminite

American  
[uh-loo-muh-nahyt] / əˈlu məˌnaɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO4 )(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.

Etymology

Origin of aluminite

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

Example Sentences

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

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

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 Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry

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

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry

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

From Tarrano the Conqueror by Cummings, Ray

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