embolite

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noun

A mineral consisting of silver chloride and silver bromide; a variety of bromian chlorargyrite.

OriginLatin embolus ← Ancient Greek ἔμβολος →
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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA mineral consisting of silver chloride and silver bromide; a variety of bromian chlorargyrite.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἔμβολος“peg, wedge, stopper”
  2. Latinembolus“piston”
  3. Englishembolite

From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, wedge, stopper”).

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