English Explanatory Dictionary

rutile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂.

Word forms

rutile rutiles

Etymology

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

Related words

anatase brookite

Derived words

pseudorutile
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