rutile

See also: rutilé

English

Etymology

From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.[1]

Noun

rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.

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Further reading
  • “Rutile” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “rutile”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Noun

rutile m (plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) rutile

Latin

Adjective

rutile

  1. vocative masculine singular of rutilus

Spanish

Verb

rutile

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rutilar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rutilar.
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