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cleve·ite (klēv′īt′)

noun

a radioactive crystalline variety of uraninite, found in Norway

Etymology: after P. T. Cleve (1840-1905), Swed chemist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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