rutile

See also: rutilé

English

Etymology

From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.[1]

Noun

rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)

  2. (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.
    Coordinate term: pseudorutile

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References

  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Rutile”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “rutile”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Noun

rutile m (plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) rutile

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.ti.le/
  • Rhymes: -utile
  • Hyphenation: rù‧ti‧le

Adjective

rutile

  1. feminine plural of rutilo

Latin

Adjective

rutile

  1. vocative masculine singular of rutilus

Spanish

Verb

rutile

  1. inflection of rutilar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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