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anatase

noun
an·​a·​tase | \ ˈa-nə-ˌtās How to pronounce anatase (audio) , -ˌtāz\

Definition of anatase

: a tetragonal mineral consisting of titanium dioxide and used especially as a white pigment

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 Titanium oxide is rare on Earth, found in minerals such as rutile, anatase, and brookite. — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, "Scorching Hot Planet Has a Titanium Atmosphere," 13 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of anatase

1802, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for anatase

borrowed from French, borrowed from Greek anátasis "extension upward, height," action noun derivative (with -sis -sis) from anateínein "to stretch out, lift up, extend," from ana- ana- + teínein "to stretch, extend" — more at tenant entry 1

Note: Term introduced by the French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743-1822) in Traité de Minéralogie, tome 3 (Paris, 1801), p. 129. The name alludes to the steep angle of the crystal's pyramid relative to other minerals.

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