microlite

[mahy-kruh-lahyt]

mi·cro·lite

[mahy-kruh-lahyt]
noun Mineralogy.
1.
any microscopic crystal.
2.
a mineral, principally calcium pyrotantalate, Ca2Ta2O7, usually including niobium, fluorine, and other impurities, occurring in cubic crystals.

Origin:
1825–35; micro- + -lite
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Microlite is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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microlight or microlite (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪt)
 
n
a small private aircraft carrying no more than two people, with an empty weight of not more than 150 kg and a wing area not less than 10 square metres: used in pleasure flying and racing
 
microlite or microlite
 
n

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