单词 | mineralogist |
释义 | mineralogistn. 1. An expert in or student of mineralogy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [noun] > mineralogist mineralist1631 mineralogist1646 oryctologist1799 rockhound1922 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 49 Yet are there also many Authors that deny it, and the exactest Mineralogists have rejected it. 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 35 in Ess. Effects Motion Some Metalline ores, and some mineral earths themselves have been observ'd by Mineralogists. 1777 Dict. Chem. III. X 8 A stone..the peculiar properties of which have induced that mineralogist to consider it as forming a distinct order of earths. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 429 The patrons of church livings,..would naturally, like King Charles, desire that his spiritual pastor might be a good chymist, a good mineralogist, and a good botanist. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 139 The number of simple minerals actually recognised by mineralogists does not exceed a few hundreds. 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 33 The shop of Mr. Tennant, the mineralogist. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 310/2 John James Ferber, the eminent Swedish mineralogist. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 215 10 Nontronite, chloropal, pinguite, fettbol, and graminite are recognized by most mineralogists as belonging to the species nontronite. 1951 D. Tabor Hardness of Metals i. 2 The Mohs hardness scale has been widely used by mineralogists and lapidaries. 1992 Earth July 68/1 Mineralogists describe amethyst's luster as vitreous or glassy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of genus Phorus carrier trochus1775 mineralogist1851 mason-shell1884 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 136 Most of the phori attach foreign substances to the margins of their shells, as they grow; particular species affecting stones..are called ‘mineralogists’..by collectors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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