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millerite definition

mill·er·ite (mil′ər īt′)

noun

a soft, yellowish, metallic, rhombohedral mineral, NiS, usually in the form of brittle, fine, hairlike crystals; nickel sulfide

Etymology: Ger millerit, after W. H. Miller (1801-80), Brit mineralogist

Millerite definition

☆ Mill·er·ite (mil′ər īt′)

noun

a follower of William Miller (1782-1849), a U.S. preacher who declared that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ would occur in 1843

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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