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- Latin · derived fromrutilus“red”
- English todayrutile
From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rutile
Today it means: The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO₂. Full definition →
Latin rutilus