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  schiller

  noun

  a bronzelike luster, sometimes with iridescence, occurring on certain minerals.
• Schiller
  Schiller

  noun

  Ferdinand Canning Scott 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.

schiller

¹ American  

[shil-er] / ˈʃɪl ər /

noun

1. a bronzelike luster, sometimes with iridescence, occurring on certain minerals.

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Schiller ² American  

[shil-er] / ˈʃɪl ər /

noun

1. Ferdinand Canning Scott 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.

2. Johann Christoph Friedrich von 1759–1805, German poet, dramatist, and historian.

3. Astronomy. an elliptical walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 112 miles (180 km) in length and 60 miles (100 km) in width.

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Schiller ¹ British  

/ ˈʃɪlər /

noun

1. Johann Christoph Friedrich von (joˈhan ˈkrɪstɔf ˈfriːdrɪç fɔn). 1759–1805, German poet, dramatist, historian, and critic. His concern with the ideal freedom of the human spirit to rise above the constraints placed upon it is reflected in his great trilogy Wallenstein (1800) and in Maria Stuart (1800)

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schiller ² British  

/ ˈʃɪlə /

noun

1. an unusual iridescent or metallic lustre in some minerals caused by internal reflection from certain inclusions such as gas cavities or mineral intergrowths. Formula: NaFe 3 B 3 Al 3 (Al 3 Si 6 O 27 )(OH) 4

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Etymology

Origin of schiller

1795–1805; < German: play of colors, glitter

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Diallage is usually greyish-green or dark green, sometimes brown, in colour, and has a pearly to metallic lustre or schiller on the laminated surfaces.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

The cleavage surfaces therefore exhibit a metallic sheen or "schiller," which is even more pronounced in hypersthene than in bronzite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Schillerstein, or schiller spar is a similar product of the allied but rhombic mineral hypersthene.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

It is to the reflection and interference of light from these minute inclusions that the peculiar bronzy sheen or "schiller" of the mineral is due.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

Freelance writer and editor Lucy Schiller bumped up against the issues of aging, eldercare and loneliness through her grandmothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

By Lucy Schiller Flatiron Books: 272 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sigrid McCawley, a managing partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, questioned the value of information Maxwell could provide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

His sisters were gone to Morton in my stead: I sat reading Schiller; he, deciphering his crabbed Oriental scrolls.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë