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Definition: AMPELITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ampelite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: AMPELITE

Domain Definition
Mining An obsolete term for a black carbonaceous or bituminous shale. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: AMPELITE

Ampelite

Ampelite, in natural history, is a black, bituminous substance that dissolves in oil; perhaps cannel coal. Historically, it was used to blacken eyebrows and hair.

References

  • This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. It also contains public domain content from the 1751 edition.

See also

  • Cannel coal


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Topics by Level of Interest: AMPELITE

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
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Computed Synonyms: ampelite

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1090   ampelite     black shale     oil shale, kerogen shale, bituminous shale, bituminous slate, bind   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: AMPELITE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français ampélite (ampelite, black shale). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, ampelite. (volunteer & more translations)
French ampélite (ampelite, black shale). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, ampelite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AMPELITE

Language Translations for “ampelite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagampathagelathagite (ampelite). Additional references: Athag, ampelite. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agampagelagite (ampelite). Additional references: Double Dutch, ampelite. (volunteer)
Leet ^[V]|o&|_1-|-& (ampelite). Additional references: Leet, ampelite. (volunteer)
Oppish opampopelopite (ampelite). Additional references: Oppish, ampelite. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ampeliteway (ampelite). Additional references: Pig Latin, ampelite. (volunteer)
Terran B ampelite (ampelite). Additional references: Terran B, ampelite. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubampubelubite (ampelite). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, ampelite. (volunteer)
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