alite
noun
ˈāˌlīt
plural -s
: a constituent of portland-cement clinker now identified as a calcium silicate approximately Ca3SiO5 containing small but essential amounts of aluminum and magnesium in substitution for silicon and empty holes in the crystal structure
Word History
Etymology
a entry 1 + -lite
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
- hydraulic cement
- hydraulic classification
- hydraulic coupling
- hydraulic dredge
- hydraulic elevator
- hydraulic engineering
- hydraulic fluid
- hydraulic fracturing
- hydraulic grade line
- hydraulic gradient
- hydraulic jack
- hydraulic jump
- complex integration
- complex mode
- complex number
- complex plane
- complex regional pain syndrome
- complex unit
- complex variable
- complexation
- complexations
- complexed
- complexedness
- complexer
- complexes