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Definition of Selenitic
1. a. Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
Definition of Selenitic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenitic
Literary usage of Selenitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1889)
"2d, Gradually add to the water in the tub 2 bushels of prepared selenitic lime,
which must be kept well-stirred until thoroughly- mixed with the water to ..."
2. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"Tensile strength of plain hydraulic and selenitic limes. ... A number of selenitic
limes were tested for compressive strength by Grant, the results being ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"HYD SCOTT, CB On tlie selenitic Method of 'making Mortar. By Maj.-Gen. HYD Scorr,
CB On an Apparatus for testing tlte Water-stopping ..."
4. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"The selenitic part of the substance may be dissolved out without difficulty by
distilled water: by the ..."
5. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"... three distinct cleavages of selenite, though it cannot, like it, be separated
into thin leaves, and is harder than selenite. The selenitic part of the ..."
6. Calcareous Cements: Their Nature, Manufacture & Uses with Some Observations by Gilbert Richard Redgrave, Charles Spackman (1905)
"Discovery of Scott's Cement—Faraday's Opinion on the Theory of this Cement—First
Patent for Scott's Cement—Influence of Sulphur on Lime- selenitic ..."
7. Calcareous Cements: Their Nature, Manufacture & Uses with Some Observations by Gilbert Richard Redgrave, Charles Spackman (1905)
"Discovery of Scott's Cement—Faraday's Opinion on the Theory of this Cement—First
Patent for Scott's Cement—Influence of Sulphur on Lime— selenitic ..."
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