titania
noun
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
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titania
1 American
[tahy-tay-nee-uh]
/ taɪˈteɪ ni ə /
noun
Titania
2
American
[ti-tay-nee-uh, tahy-]
/ tɪˈteɪ ni ə, taɪ- /
noun
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(in Shakespeare'sMidsummer Night's Dream ) the wife of Oberon and the queen of fairyland.
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Astronomy. one of the moons of Uranus.
Titania
1
British
/ tɪˈtɑːnɪə /
noun
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(in medieval folklore) the queen of the fairies and wife of Oberon
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(in classical antiquity) a poetic epithet used variously to characterize Circe, Diana, Latona, or Pyrrha
Titania
2
British
/ tɪˈtɑːnɪə /
noun
titania
3
British
/ taɪˈteɪnɪə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of titania
From New Latin, dating back to 1920–25; see origin at titanium, -a 4
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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
To measure titania foam's effectiveness at blocking UV waves, "we would shine light ranging from the ultraviolet wavelengths up to the visible light spectrum," he explained.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
In 1998, a Japanese ceramics company took titania nanopowders and melted them into a glaze for tiles.
From Newsweek
Diamond disperses light twice as much as common glass does, but titania disperses it seven times as much.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you slap a coat of a regular old titania pigment–based house paint on your wooden fence out in the yard, it’ll eventually start to crack and peel.
From Newsweek
On larger icy moons such as Titania, another moon of Uranus, the drop in pressure caused by melting would likely crack the ice shell before reaching the triple point for water, the team found.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
Marcin, initially as malignant as Hook and as blinkered as Torvald, eventually grows as repentant and noble as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will co-star a certain native of Toruń as Titania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
On opening night, it was a treat to see Kyle Davis’ regal yet fleet-footed Oberon, opposite the appropriately fairylike Elizabeth Murphy as Titania, who brought a gentle, otherworldly softness to the role.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
As Oberon, Daniel Camargo, filling in for Cory Stearns, approached the part with characteristic abandon — flying through his leaps, his landings are getting softer — that lent heat and heart to Gillian Murphy’s Titania.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
“Remember the production in Somerset? What a superb Titania you were!”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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