titania

¹ American  

[tahy-tey-nee-uh] / taɪˈteɪ ni ə /

noun

1. synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.

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Titania ² American  

[ti-tey-nee-uh, tahy-] / tɪˈteɪ ni ə, taɪ- /

noun

1. (in Shakespeare'sMidsummer Night's Dream ) the wife of Oberon and the queen of fairyland.

2. Astronomy. one of the moons of Uranus.

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Titania ¹ British  

/ tɪˈtɑːnɪə /

noun

1. (in medieval folklore) the queen of the fairies and wife of Oberon

2. (in classical antiquity) a poetic epithet used variously to characterize Circe, Diana, Latona, or Pyrrha

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Titania ² British  

/ tɪˈtɑːnɪə /

noun

1. the largest of the satellites of Uranus and the second furthest from the planet

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titania ³ British  

/ taɪˈteɪnɪə /

noun

1. another name for titanium dioxide

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Etymology

Origin of titania

From New Latin, dating back to 1920–25; titanium, -a ⁴

Example Sentences

Proposed alternatives include minerals such as calcium carbonate, alpha alumina, rutile and anatase titania, cubic zirconia, and even diamond.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

Cubic zirconia and rutile titania could meet demand in theory, but economic modeling by the Columbia team suggests production costs would skyrocket with increased demand.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

The team's recent experiments focused on how a weightless microgravity environment affects 3D printing using titania foam, a material with potential applications ranging from UV blocking to water purification.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Finkel and his team regretfully admit they have a problem: There’s really no way to test titania in the real world.

From Newsweek

The first attempts to bring titania to the market were in 1998, when the four largest glass manufacturing companies in the world all simultaneously launched “self-cleaning” photocatalytic glass.

From Newsweek