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MOLYBDENITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("molybdenite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "molybdenite"):
atomic number 42; Mo; molybdenum (a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel)
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