English Explanatory Dictionary

sphene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. titanite

Pronunciation

/sfiːn/

Word forms

sphene sphenes

Etymology

From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).

Related words

sphen- spheno-
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