diaspore

[dahy-uh-spawr, -spohr]

noun

1. a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.

2. Botany.,  a disseminule, especially one that undergoes dispersal.

diaspore

/ ˈdaɪəˌspɔː /

noun

1. a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)

2. any propagative part of a plant, esp one that is easily dispersed, such as a spore

Word History and Origins

Origin of diaspore¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; from Greek diasporá; diaspora

Word History and Origins

Origin of diaspore¹

C19: from Greek diaspora a scattering, dispersion; see _Diaspora : so named from its dispersion and crackling when highly heated

Example Sentences

Similar in aesthetic to Diaspore, Bouquet was designed to examine the chaotic merger of China's natural and human-built environments.

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In the gallery’s main exhibition space, Steinkamp presents Diaspore, a techno-riff on the displacement of humans and land, via two mural-sized films that feature an animated tangle of branches, berries, and other foliage.

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Diaspore, dī′a-spōr, n. a grayish, infusible hydrate of aluminium.

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He has been called “diaspore,” an insulting term.

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When heated before the blowpipe it decrepitates violently, breaking up into white pearly scales; it was because of this property that the mineral was named diaspore by R. J. Hauy in 1801, from διασπείρειν, “to scatter.”

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