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▪ I. titano-1 a. Gr. τῑτᾱνο-, combining form of τῑτάν, Titan1, in titaˈnolater, an admirer of titanic attributes; so titaˈnolatry [-latry]; titaˈnomachy [-machy], the warfare of the Titans; ˈtitanoˌsaur, ‖ titanoˈsaurus [Gr. σαῦρος lizard], a gigantic fossil dinosaur from the chalk; ‖ Tiˌtano-, ˌTitanoˈtherium [mod.L., f. Gr. θηρίον beast], also anglicized ˈtitanoˌthere [cf. F. titanothère], an extinct genus of ungulates from the Tertiary formation, resembling gigantic rhinoceroses; hence titanoˈtherian a., of or pertaining to the genus Titanotherium; titanoˈtherioid a., resembling or allied to this genus; also as n.
1846Hare Mission Comf. 601 Considered as a higher pitch of heroism by the *Titanolaters.
1867Hare's Guesses, Mem. 47 A protest against what he called the *Titanolatry paraded in them.
1887Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 760 The great myth of the *Titanomachy.
1892Pall Mall G. 22 Mar. 7/1 In Colorado have been found great deposits of the bones of *titanosaurs, the biggest land animals that ever existed. They grew to be 65 ft. long and stood 40 ft. high when erect upon their hind legs.
1881Lubbock in Nature 1 Sept. 406/2 Marsh has made known to us the *Titanosaurus, of the American (Colorado) Jurassic beds.
1862Dana Man. Geol. 515 The *Titanothere..having some relations to the modern Tapir.
Ibid. 532 White River or *Titanotherian beds.
1890Nature 13 Feb. 347/1 These *Titanotherioids appear to have been most nearly allied to the Rhinoceroses among existing forms.
1865Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, *Titanotherium,..a large herbivorous mammal occurring in the Lower Miocene beds of the Missouri district. ▪ II. titano-2|taɪtənəʊ| combining form of titanium (and titanite), used in the names of chemical and mineral compounds, as titano-cyanide, titano-ferrite, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate (= silico-titanate); titaˈnaugite Min. [ad. G. titan-augit (A. Knop Der Kaiserstuhl im Breisgau (1892) ii. 72)], a variety of augite containing titanium; titan(o)ˈhæmatite (also -hem-) Min., a variety of hæmatite containing titanium dioxide in solid solution; titaˈnolivine, ‘a variety of olivine (chrysolite) containing titanic acid’ (Chester); ˌtitanomagˈhemite [maghemite] Min., a titanian variety of maghemite; titanoˈmagnetite Min. [ad. G. titanomagnetit (P. Groth Tabellarische Übersicht der Min. (ed. 4, 1898) 79)], a variety of magnetite containing titanium; titanoˈmorphite, ‘an uncertain alteration product, near titanite’ (Chester); † titaˈnoxide: see quot.
1933Zeitschr. für Kristallogr. LXXXVI. 112 The *titanaugite in question forms a small patch or segregation within a sphene-rich, plagioclase-diopside-hornfels xenolith in the Haddo norite. 1963W. A. Deer et al. Rock-Forming Minerals II. 109 Titanaugites are the typical pyroxenes of basic alkaline rocks, e.g. teschenite, essexite and nepheline dolerite. 1970Nature 28 Nov. 850/2 The principal minerals in the rock are zoned plagioclase..; nepheline; and titanaugite, grading at the edges of the crystals into aegirine.
1938A. B. Edwards in Proc. Australasian Inst. Mining & Metallurgy No. 110. 42 This ‘white ilmenite’ is quite distinct from ordinary hematite... The name ‘*titanhematite’ is here suggested to indicate its difference from pure hematite. 1945N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. B. XXVI. 299 A range from pure titanomagnetite to pure titanhæmatite is..present in a small percentage of the iron-ore grains. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xvii. 255/1 Ultimately, in the highest state of oxidation.., the original titanomagnetite has been converted mainly to pseudobrookite (Fe2TiO5) and titanohaematite (Fe2O3) containing a little titanium.
1953E. Z. Basta Mineral. Aspects of System FeO–Fe2O3–TiO2 (Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Bristol) vi. 71 For those minerals with composition approaching (Fe, Ti)2O3 (e.g. the Bushveld maghemites) I propose the new name ‘*titano⁓maghemite’. 1971Nature 5 Mar. 28/1 Under conditions of low temperature and high oxygen fugacity..titanomagnetite tends to oxidize to an equilibrium mineral assemblage of rutile and haematite, with intermediate formation of titanomaghemite, ilmenite and iron-rich titanomagnetite.
1900Mineral. Mag. XII. 393 *Titano⁓magnetite... Titaniferous magnetite. [(Fe, Ti)O2]2Fe. 1945[see titanohæmatite above]. 1962W. A. Deer et al. Rock-Forming Minerals V. 68 A considerable amount of Ti can enter the magnetite structure, there being a continuous relationship between magnetite and the ulvöspinel molecule, Fe2TiO4... The term titanomagnetite is best restricted to those specimens where the presence of an ulvöspinel phase can be demonstrated. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xvii. 255/1 The mineral which accounts for the magnetic properties of most rocks, and especially basalts, is titanomagnetite.
1880Nature XXI. 425 Under the name of *Titanomorphite, A. von Lasaulx describes a new lime-titanite from the gneiss of the Eulengebirge. 1884Athenæum 16 Aug. 212/3 Titanomorphite crystallizing in the oblique system.
1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Titanoxydum,..term by Beudant for a combination of titanium with oxygen: a *titanoxide. |