zeolite noun. ['zi:ǝlʌɪt] L18.
[from Greek zein to boil + -O- + -LITE.]
Mineralogy. Any of a large group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium, characterized by the ease with which they may be dehydrated and rehydrated, and utilized for their ion-exchange properties.

■ zeolitic [-'lɪtɪk] adjective pertaining to, consisting of, or of the nature of zeolite M19.

■ zeo'litically adverb as in a zeolite M20.

■ zeoliti'zation noun transformation into a zeolite L19.

■ zeolitize verb trans. transform into a zeolite; chiefly as

■ zeolitized ppl adjective: E20.

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