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Fluorite

Noun CEFR B2
ˈflʊɚˌaɪt

Definitions

A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

14 more languages
العربيةالفلوريت
Catalàfluorita
Češtinakazivec
Danskfluoritflusspat
Eestifluoriit
Suomifluoriittifluorisälpä
Magyarfluorit
Italianofluorite
日本語蛍石
Қазақ тіліфлюорит
Latinamurra
Polskifluoryt
Portuguêsfluorita
Русскийфлюори́т

Examples

“Near-synonym: calcium fluoride”
“Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Fluorites fluoritization fluormeter fluornatromicrolite fluoro fluoro acid air

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