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troostite

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troost⋅ite

  [troo-stahyt]
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–noun
a microconstituent of hardened and tempered steel, consisting of a very fine aggregate of ferrite and cementite.
Origin:
1900–05; named after L. J. Troost (d. 1911), French chemist; see -ite 1

Related forms:
troost⋅it⋅ic  [troo-stit-ik] , adjective
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troost·ite   (trōō'stīt')   
n.  A white or colored crystalline mineral, a variety of willemite, in which the zinc is partly replaced by manganese.

[After Gerard Troost (1776-1850), Dutch-born American geologist.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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