Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition;
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
relating to minerals;
- Example: "mineral elements"- Example: "mineral deposits"2.
composed of matter other than plant or animal;
- Example: "the inorganic mineral world"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mineral \Min"er*al\, n. [F. min['e]ral, LL. minerale, fr. minera
mine. See Mine, v. i.]
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1. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature,
having a definite chemical composition and usually a
distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy
igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of
minerals.
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2. A mine. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the
most general classification of things into three kingdoms
(animal, vegetable, and mineral).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mineral \Min"er*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
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2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
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Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric,
nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as
distinguished from the organic acids.
Mineral blue, the name usually given to azurite, when
reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.
Mineral candle, a candle made of paraffin.
Mineral caoutchouc, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of
bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness.
See Caoutchouc, and Elaterite.
Mineral chameleon (Chem.) See Chameleon mineral, under
Chameleon.
Mineral charcoal. See under Charcoal.
Mineral cotton. See Mineral wool (below).
Mineral green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.
Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand
divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects,
as distinguished from plants or animals.
Mineral oil. See Naphtha, and Petroleum.
Mineral paint, a pigment made chiefly of some natural
mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.
Mineral patch. See Bitumen, and Asphalt.
Mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land.
Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid.
Mineral tallow, a familiar name for hatchettite, from its
fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.
Mineral water. See under Water.
Mineral wax. See Ozocerite.
Mineral wool, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing
a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is
a poor conductor of heat.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mineral
adj 1: relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral
deposits"
2: composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic
mineral world"
n 1: solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature
having a definite chemical composition
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "mineral":
alabaster, alabastrine, amphibole, antimony, apatite, aplite,
arsenic, asbestine, asbestos, asphalt, azurite, bauxite, bitumen,
boron, brimstone, bromine, brucite, calcite, carbon, celestite,
chalcedony, chlorite, chromite, clay, coal, coke, corundum,
cryolite, diatomite, emery, epidote, epsomite, feldspar, garnet,
gel mineral, glauconite, graphite, graphitic, gypsum, hatchettine,
holosiderite, inorganic, inorganic substance, iron pyrites, jet,
kyanite, lignite, lime, magnesite, malachite, maltha, marcasite,
marl, meerschaum, metamict substance, mica, micaceous,
mineral coal, mineral kingdom, mineral oil, mineral resources,
mineral salt, mineral tallow, mineral tar, mineral wax,
mineral world, mineral-bearing material, mineraloid, molybdenite,
monazite, nonbiological, nonorganic, obsidian, olivine, ore,
ozokerite, peat, perlite, petrified, phosphate rock, phosphorus,
pumice, pyrite, pyrites, pyroxene, quartz, realgar, red clay,
rhodonite, rock crystal, rocks, salt, selenite, selenium, siderite,
silica, silicate, silicic, silicon, spar, spinel, spodumene,
sulfur, sulfuric, sulfurous, talc, talcum, tellurium, unorganic,
unorganized, untreated mineral, wollastonite, wulfenite, zeolite
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Mineral -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 3884
Housing Units (2000): 1961
Land area (2000): 1219.821073 sq. miles (3159.321942 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.556614 sq. miles (9.211588 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1223.377687 sq. miles (3168.533530 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.143735 N, 114.965059 W
Headwords:
Mineral
Mineral, MT
Mineral County
Mineral County, MT
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Mineral -- U.S. County in Nevada
Population (2000): 5071
Housing Units (2000): 2866
Land area (2000): 3756.404850 sq. miles (9729.043485 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 56.564967 sq. miles (146.502586 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3812.969817 sq. miles (9875.546071 sq. km)
Located within: Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
Location: 38.525236 N, 118.466414 W
Headwords:
Mineral
Mineral, NV
Mineral County
Mineral County, NV
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Mineral -- U.S. County in West Virginia
Population (2000): 27078
Housing Units (2000): 12094
Land area (2000): 327.733047 sq. miles (848.824658 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.397246 sq. miles (3.618850 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 329.130293 sq. miles (852.443508 sq. km)
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.433373 N, 78.935756 W
Headwords:
Mineral
Mineral, WV
Mineral County
Mineral County, WV
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Mineral -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 831
Housing Units (2000): 1119
Land area (2000): 875.718798 sq. miles (2268.101177 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.986051 sq. miles (5.143847 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 877.704849 sq. miles (2273.245024 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 37.700620 N, 106.920831 W
Headwords:
Mineral
Mineral, CO
Mineral County
Mineral County, CO
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Mineral, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 143
Housing Units (2000): 450
Land area (2000): 44.478574 sq. miles (115.198972 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.019981 sq. miles (0.051751 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 44.498555 sq. miles (115.250723 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47794
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 40.355686 N, 121.567333 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96063
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mineral, CA
Mineral
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Mineral, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 272
Housing Units (2000): 120
Land area (2000): 0.307906 sq. miles (0.797474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.307906 sq. miles (0.797474 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49516
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.381921 N, 89.836576 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61344
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mineral, IL
Mineral
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Mineral, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 424
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 0.893116 sq. miles (2.313159 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.893116 sq. miles (2.313159 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52120
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.006117 N, 77.909553 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 23117
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mineral, VA
Mineral