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单词 mesitine
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mesitinen.

Brit. /ˈmɛsᵻtiːn/, /ˈmɛsᵻtʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɛzɪˌtin/
Forms: 1800s mesitin, 1800s– mesitine.
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Mesitin.
Etymology: < German Mesitin (A. Breithaupt 1847, in Ann. der Physik 70 147) < Hellenistic Greek μεσίτης go-between (see mesite n.) + German -in -ine suffix5.In fuller form mesitine-spar after Breithaupt's earlier synonymous coinage Mesitinspath (1827 in Jrnl. f. die Chem. u. Physik 50 317: see spath n.), so called ‘because its rhombohedron is intermediate in angle between magnesite and siderite’ (A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals (1896) at cited word). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·sitīn) /ˈmɛsɪtiːn/.
Mineralogy. Now rare.
More fully mesitine-spar. = mesitite n.
ΚΠ
1828 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 8 181 Mesitine-spar.
1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 928 Mesitin-Spar... Breunnerite, Pistomesite. This mineral occurs in rhombohedral crystals isomorphous with spathic iron ore and magnesite.
1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 173 Mesitine, see mesitite.
1901 M. F. Heddle Mineral. Scotl. I. 24 [Millerite occurs] with rosettes of brilliant green Morenosite in Mesitine Spar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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