amianthus
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos, “undefiled”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μιαίνω (miaínō, “I defile”).
Noun
amianthus (uncountable)
- A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, I:
- the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, I:
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Further reading
- “Amianthus” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “amianthus”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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