dopplerite
English
Etymology
From Doppler + -ite, after physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.
Noun
dopplerite (countable and uncountable, plural dopplerites)
- (archaic, mineralogy) A brownish-black hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
References
- “dopplerite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.