ZEOLITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zeolite mean? 

• ZEOLITE (noun)
  The noun ZEOLITE has 1 sense:

1. any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks

  Familiarity information: ZEOLITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZEOLITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("zeolite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

water softener (a substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zeolite"):

chabasite; chabazite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum)

heulandite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium)

natrolite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum)

phillipsite (a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum)

 Context examples 

“We've found out that we could reduce nutrient losses through volatilization by 80% if we use zeolite,” the researcher explained.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

Erionite is one of the more common types of zeolites that are found in the earth's crust.

(Erionite, NCI Thesaurus)

Characteristic minerals resulting from such subglacial volcanism on Earth include zeolites, sulfates and clays.

(Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars, NASA)

The study went on to compare the use of other urea (ammonia)-added material commonly used in agriculture to the zeolite compound.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

A zeolite from Brazil, found in the state of Maranhão, was used in the process, mixed with other clays.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

Productivity gains of 40% were obtained by using the zeolite concentrate for growing the seedlings.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

CETEM researcher Marisa Bezerra Monte told Agência Brasil on Monday (Apr. 7) that they have produced a zeolite concentrate (a porous multimineral mix) and changed the surface properties of its particles to enable nutrient exchanges.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)