Meaning of rhabdite | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A minute smooth rod-like or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
2. One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
3. Any mineral that is characterized by an elongated, rod-like or cylindrical crystal form.
4. A rhabdophane found in some meteorites.

Examples

“The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.”

“In 1882 he analyzed the phosphides in the Cranboume meteorite and found that rhabdite corresponded to the formula (Fe4Ni3)P, whereas schreibersite had the formula (Fe2Ni)?P.”

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