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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

Schiller tries something similar as a volunteer for a health insurance company, reaching out to an elderly Black woman by phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Schiller delves, inevitably, into the history of AARP, an organization that even in its earliest days was entangled with the health insurance industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the end, Schiller has a go at parsing her own motivations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Schiller calls the move “a half-desperate plan to simply change the background scenery of my life for the millionth time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Father has taken the plays of Goethe and Schiller down from the big bookcase and is planning to read to me every evening.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank