Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A relatively rare yellow, brown, or black mineral, CaTiO3, sometimes also containing rare-earth elements, such as lanthanum.
- noun Any of various oxides having a crystal structure similar to that of this mineral and that can be found in many superconducting ceramic materials and in electrodes in fuel cells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A titanate of calcium, occurring in crystals of isometric form (though perhaps through pseudosymmetry), and having a yellow to black color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A minor
accessory mineral ,Ca Ti O 3, occurring in basicrocks , asorthorhombic crystals.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, scientists have found that varieties of a doped mineral called perovskite work just as well, and sometimes better, than platinum.
Ars Technica Casey Johnston 2010
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An alternative material, known as perovskite, is far less expensive than platinum and may do the job more effectively, engineers from the research arm of General Motors report in the March 26 Science.
Latest Articles U.S.News 2010
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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Soon it thickened, impeding her ascent; she began her relentless drilling climb through the lower mantle of oxidized iron and silicate perovskite.
Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007
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The term ‘perovskite’ describes the crystal structure of a naturally occurring mineral; the perovskites used in solar cells are synthetic crystals that mimic this structure, but can be made of many materials.
A new kind of solar cell is coming: is it the future of green energy? Mark Peplow 2023
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