quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /k(w)ɔːts/
ipa: /k(w)ɔɹts/
rhymes: -ɔːts
rhymes: -ɔɹts
homophone: courts (some accents)
homophone: quarts
Forms: form: quartzes
Etymology: From German Quarz, from Middle High German (Central East German) quarz, twarc, from a West Slavic language [compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”)], from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to enclose, grab”).
Senses: examples: text: The telescope and collimator have each an object-glass consisting of a single lens of quartz 1½ inch diameter and a focal length of 18½ inches for the sodium yellow light, but not more than 16 inches for the highest rays measured.
ref: 1883, George Downing Liveing, James Dewar, “On the Ultra-Violet Spectra of the Elements”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 174, Barrison and Sons, part I, page 188:
text: Subsequently, the old Malay brought him the present specimen in a state of torpidity, telling him he had found it in a cavity of the quartz reef.
ref: 1892 April 24, Armiger Barczinsky, “The Golden Snail”, in Sylvanus Urban (pseudonym of Edward Cave), editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 272, page 331:
text: My meat eats me. Who waits at the gate? / Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. / Renew the light, lewd whisper.
ref: 1948, Theodore Roethke, “The Shape of the Fire”, in The Lost Son and Other Poems, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 62:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.
glosses: Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Synonyms: word: quartz
Hypernyms: word: gem
word: mineral
Hyponyms: word: agate
word: amethyst
word: aventurine
word: carnelian
word: chalcedony
word: citrine
word: jasper
word: milky quartz
word: onyx
word: rose quartz
word: smoky quartz
word: tiger's eye
word: vermarine
Derived terms: alpha quartz
beta quartz
clear quartz
drusy quartz
fused quartz
honeycomb quartz
megaquartz
microquartz
milky quartz
pure quartz
purple quartz
quartz arenite
quartz arenitic
quartz-arenitic
quartz-beta
quartz clock
quartz crusher
quartz crystal
quartz-crystal clock
quartz-diorite
quartz glass
quartz halogen lamp
quartz heater
quartziferous
quartzing
quartz-iodine lamp
quartzite
quartz lamp
quartz mining
quartz monzonite
quartzolite
quartzose
quartz reefer
quartz schist
quartz-trachyte
quartz-wacke
quartz watch
rainbow quartz
rose quartz
shocked quartz
smokey quartz
smoky quartz
snow quartz
star quartz
vein quartz
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