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English

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Etymology

Named by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.

Noun

alite (uncountable)

  1. An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
    • 2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment:
      After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.

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Finnish

Etymology

From alittaa + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑliteˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lit̪e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlite
  • Syllabification(key): a‧li‧te
  • Hyphenation(key): ali‧te

Noun

alite

  1. finer part of something sifted or sieved, that which passed through the sieve

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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French

Pronunciation

Verb

alite

  1. inflection of aliter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

alite f (plural aliti)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) halite
    Synonym: salgemma

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Latin

Verb

alite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of alō

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