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Muscovite

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Noun

1. muscovite

a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium

2. muscovite

a resident of Moscow

Adjective

3. muscovite

of or relating to the residents of Moscow

Example Sentences:
'Muscovite street dealers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Muscovite

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noun
a pale brown, or green, or colourless mineral of the mica group, found in plutonic rocks such as granite and in sedimentary rocks. It is used in the manufacture of lubricants, insulators, paints, and Christmas "snow". Composition: potassium aluminium silicate. Formula: KAl2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
See also mica
noun
1. 
a native or inhabitant of Moscow
adjective
2.  an archaic word for Russian

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Muscovite

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noun
1. 
a. 
a person born or living in Muscovy
b. 
a Russian
2. 
a person born or living in Moscow
adjective
3. 
a. 
of Muscovy
b. 
Russian
4. 
of Moscow
noun
a very common, light-colored, soft mica, hydrous potassium aluminum silicate, KAl2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2, used as an electrical or thermal insulator

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Muscovite

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n.
A native or resident of Moscow or Muscovy.
adj.
Of or relating to Moscow, Muscovy, or the Muscovites.
n.
A potassium aluminum silicate mineral, KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2, the most common form of mica, which ranges from colorless or pale yellow to gray and brown, has a pearly luster, and is used as an insulator. Also called white mica.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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