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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-ite \-ite\ from gr. ?, ?.
1. a suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or
adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in
ridicule; as, a millerite; a benthamite.
1913 webster
2. a suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its
characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness;
graphite, from its use in writing.
1913 webster
3. chem. a suffix used to denote the salts formed from
those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from
sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc.
1913 webster
- [2] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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