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GIBBSITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gibbsite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "gibbsite"):
aluminium hydroxide; aluminum hydroxide; hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide (white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite)
Holonyms ("gibbsite" is a substance of...):
bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)
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