quartz
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Quarz, from Middle High German (Central East German) quarz, twarc, from a West Slavic language [compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”)], from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k(w)ɔːts/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k(w)ɔɹts/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːts, -ɔɹts
- Homophone: courts (some accents)
- Homophone: quarts
Noun
editquartz (countable and uncountable, plural quartzes)
- (mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.
- 1883, George Downing Liveing, James Dewar, “On the Ultra-Violet Spectra of the Elements”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 174, Barrison and Sons, part I, page 188:
- The telescope and collimator have each an object-glass consisting of a single lens of quartz 1½ inch diameter and a focal length of 18½ inches for the sodium yellow light, but not more than 16 inches for the highest rays measured.
- 1892 April, Armiger Barczinsky, “The Golden Snail”, in Sylvanus Urban (pseudonym of Edward Cave), editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 272, page 331:
- Subsequently, the old Malay brought him the present specimen in a state of torpidity, telling him he had found it in a cavity of the quartz reef.
- 1948, Theodore Roethke, “The Shape of the Fire”, in The Lost Son and Other Poems; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 62:
- My meat eats me. Who waits at the gate? / Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. / Renew the light, lewd whisper.
- (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- alpha quartz
- beta quartz
- drusy quartz
- fused quartz
- megaquartz
- microquartz
- milky quartz
- purple quartz
- quartz arenite
- quartz-arenitic
- quartz arenitic
- quartz-beta
- quartz clock
- quartz crusher
- quartz crystal
- quartz-crystal clock
- quartz-diorite
- quartz glass
- quartz halogen lamp
- quartz heater
- quartziferous
- quartzing
- quartz-iodine lamp
- quartzite
- quartz lamp
- quartz mining
- quartzolite
- quartzose
- quartz reefer
- quartz schist
- quartz-trachyte
- quartz watch
- rainbow quartz
- rose quartz
- shocked quartz
- smokey quartz
- smoky quartz
- snow quartz
- star quartz
- vein quartz
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Malay: kuarza
Translations
editmineral
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See also
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Quarz, from a West Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquartz m (plural quartz)
- quartz
- Synonym: cristal de roche
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: quars
Further reading
edit- “quartz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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