quartz en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /k(w)ɔɹts/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /k(w)ɔːts/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From German Quarz, from Middle High German (Central East German) quarz, twarc, from a West Slavic language [compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”)], from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to enclose, grab”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.
Subsequently, the old Malay brought him the present specimen in a state of torpidity, telling him he had found it in a cavity of the quartz reef.
1892 April 14, Armiger Barczinsky, “The Golden Snail”, in Sylvanus Urban (pseudonym of Edward Cave), editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 272, page 331:The telescope and collimator have each an object-glass consisting of a single lens of quartz 1½ inch diameter and a focal length of 18½ inches for the sodium yellow light, but not more than 16 inches for the highest rays measured.
1883, George Downing Liveing, James Dewar, “On the Ultra-Violet Spectra of the Elements”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 174, Barrison and Sons, part I, page 188:My meat eats me. Who waits at the gate? / Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. / Renew the light, lewd whisper.
1948, Theodore Roethke, “The Shape of the Fire”, in The Lost Son and Other Poems, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 62:
- (slang, uncountable) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quartzes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
quartz arenitic · quartzine · vein quartz · milky quartz · quartz mining · quartzoid · quartz schist · quartz crystal · quartz watch · quartzy · quartzlike · quartzous · microquartz · snow quartz · quartz-diorite · drusy quartz · quartz halogen lamp · quartz monzonite · quartzing · fused quartz · quartzite · shocked quartz · quartziferous · quartzless · quartz-beta · quartz-wacke · quartz heater · quartzolite · pure quartz · quartz clock · quartz arenite · honeycomb quartz · purple quartz · quartzofeldspathic · alpha quartz · megaquartz · quartz-arenitic · rose quartz · quartz lamp · smokey quartz · quartzose · beta quartz · quartz-trachyte · rainbow quartz · quartz-iodine lamp · gold quartz · quartz-crystal clock · quartz glass · smoky quartz · star quartz · quartz crusher · clear quartz · quartz reefer
Descendants
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
smoky quartz · onyx · agate · chalcedony · carnelian · jasper · milky quartz · vermarine · amethyst · citrine · tiger's eye · rose quartz · aventurine
Relateds
chrysoprase (Related terms) · chalcedony (Related terms) · phenacite (Related terms) · amethyst (Related terms) · coesite (Related terms) · flint (Related terms) · cairngorm (Related terms) · topaz (Related terms) · prase (Related terms) · stishovite (Related terms) · buhrstone (Related terms) · greisen (Related terms) · rock crystal (Related terms) · citrine (Related terms) · aventurine (Related terms) · rubasse (Related terms) · onyx (Related terms) · Colorado topaz
Synonyms
Translations (73)
mi takawai (mineral) · eo kvarco (mineral) · cmn 水晶 (mineral) · ja 水晶 (mineral) · fo kvarts (mineral) · da kvarts (mineral) · fr quartz (mineral) · sh ква̏рц (mineral) · ru кварц (mineral) · cy cwarts (mineral) · ms kuarza (mineral) · hi स्फटिक (mineral) · sk kremeň (mineral) · yue 石英 (mineral) · fi kvartsi (mineral) · es cuarzo (mineral) · fi ukonkivi (mineral) · cy carreg wen (mineral) · af kwarts (mineral) · ro cuarț (mineral) · pt quartzo (mineral) · et kvarts (mineral) · sw shondo (mineral) · lv kvarcs (mineral) · sl krêmen (mineral) · fr cristal de roche (mineral) · tr kuvars (mineral) · gl cuarzo (mineral) · gl seixo (mineral) · nl kwarts (mineral) · de Quarz (mineral) · cy creigrisial (mineral) · ka კვარცი (mineral) · tl kuwarso (mineral) · ar كَوَارْتْز (mineral) · ar مَرْو (mineral) · gl souxo (mineral) · bg кварц (mineral) · id kuarsa (mineral) · pl kwarc (mineral) · la quartzum (mineral) · tl kinyang (mineral) · lt kvarcas (mineral) · ga grianchloch (mineral) · mi kiripaka (mineral) · hu kvarc (mineral) · cmn 石英 (mineral) · el χαλαζίας (mineral) · mk кварц (mineral) · uk кварц (mineral) · ca quars (mineral) · cs křemen (mineral) · hy կվարց (mineral) · sw kwatsi (mineral) · se kvárca (mineral) · th ควอตซ์ (mineral) · gd èiteag (mineral) · is kvars (mineral) · ko 석영 (mineral) · yi קיזל (mineral) · ja クォーツ (mineral) · ja 石英 (mineral) · sh kvȁrc (mineral) · ast cuarzu (mineral) · he קְוָרץ (mineral) · sv kvarts (mineral) · pt quarço (mineral) · vi thạch anh (mineral) · it quarzo (mineral) · be кварц (mineral) · csm hós·ok·iliwa- (mineral) · hi बिल्लौर (mineral) · nv tséghádiʼńdínii (mineral)