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ana·tase (an′ə tāz′)

noun

a dark-colored, hard, tetragonal form of titanium dioxide, usually found in schist and gneiss

Etymology: Fr < Gr anatasis, prolongation < ana-, up + tasis, a stretching < stem of teinein: see tend; so named because of its long crystals

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  • precipitation: He presented a paper entitled Enhanced productivity through better understanding of particle formation mechanism in anatase precipitation.
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