smectite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of smectite
1805–15; < Greek smēkt ( ós ) smeared + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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The findings are the first to show that plate tectonics can trigger ice ages through the production of carbon-trapping smectite.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
Sorting out the food problem may also take time, but within several months someone might have been able to knock up a polytunnel to grow a couple of undersized cabbages in the smectite clay.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
For example, pyroxene can be converted to the clay minerals chlorite or smectite, and olivine can be converted to the clay mineral serpentine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In one place, these clays are of an iron-rich variety called smectite.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2014
The American Bottom clay, known as smectite clay, is especially prone to swelling: its volume can increase by a factor of eight.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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