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trav⋅er⋅tine

  [trav-er-teen, -tin]
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–noun
a form of limestone deposited by springs, esp. hot springs, used in Italy for building.
Also, trav⋅er⋅tin  [trav-er-tin] .

Origin:
1545–55; < It travertino, equiv. to tra- across (< L trāns- trans- ) + (ti)vertino < L Tīburtīnus, equiv. to Tīburt- (s. of Tīburs) the territory of Tibur (see Tivoli ) + -īnus -ine 1
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trav·er·tine   (trāv'ər-tēn', -tĭn)   
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  1. A light-colored porous calcite, CaCO3, deposited from solution in ground or surface waters and forming, among other deposits, stalactites and stalagmites.

  2. A compact calcium carbonate used as a facing material in construction.


[French, from Italian travertino, alteration of tivertino, from Latin (lapis) tīburtīnus, (stone) of Tibur (Tivoli), an ancient city of central Italy.]
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