Dictionary - Definition of DOPPLERITE

Definition: DOPPLERITE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Dopplerite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Dopplerite \Dop"pler*ite\, noun. [Named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DOPPLERITE

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. A black gelatinous matter in peat and soft brown coal consisting of humic acids or their salts; has a detrimental effect on briquettes and coke. Syn: torf-dopplerit; trof-dopplerit; Weichbraunkohlen-dopplerit; peat gel; brown-coal gel.b. A gel in peat composed of ulmins derived from plant carbohydrates by bacterial destruction of proteins.c. An asphalt found in New Zealand and parts of Siberia. (references)
Wikipedic	Dopplerite is a naturally occurring organic substance found in amorphous, elastic or jelly-like masses, of brownish-black color, in peat beds in Styria and in Switzerland. It is tasteless, insoluble in alcohol and ether, and is described by James Dwight Dana as an acid substance, or mixture of different acids, related to humic acid. It is named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: DOPPLERITE

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Dopplerite sapropel	Mining	A variety of sapropel that contains much humic acid. (references)
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Extended Definition: DOPPLERITE

Dopplerite

Dopplerite is a naturally occurring organic substance found in amorphous, elastic or jelly-like masses, of brownish-black color, in peat beds in Styria and in Switzerland. It is tasteless, insoluble in alcohol and ether, and is described by James Dwight Dana as an acid substance, or mixture of different acids, related to humic acid. It is named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

External links

http://www.suprahumic.unina.it/

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Topics by Level of Interest: DOPPLERITE
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Dopplerite	3	Dopplerite	3
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Translations: DOPPLERITE

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français	dopplérite (dopplerite). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, dopplerite. (volunteer & more translations)
French	dopplérite (dopplerite). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, dopplerite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “dopplerite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	oppleriteday (dopplerite). Additional references: Pig Latin, dopplerite. (volunteer)
Terran B	dopperite (dopplerite). Additional references: Terran B, dopplerite. (volunteer)
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