astroiteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Latin astroites: compare French astroite.

名詞

astroite (plural astroites)

1. (obsolete) A radiated fossil or stone; a starstone.

   Synonyms: astrion, astrite

   • [1735?], Herman Boerhaave, “Being a Delineation of the Theory. [Of Stones.]”, in [anonymous], transl., Elements of Chemistry. Being the Annual Lectures of Hermann Boerhaave, M.D. […], volume I, London: […] J. Clarke […], and S. Austen […]; and sold by J. Roberts […], →OCLC, page 33:

     The true Aſtroites, vvhich in the ſun-ſhine throvvs out a briſk light radiating from one certain point, belongs to the claſs of Pellucids.

2. (obsolete) A species of petrified madrepore, often found in calcareous stones.
3. (obsolete) A star-shaped echinoderm or marine organism.

参照

• Noah Webster (1828), “astroit”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.

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