schiller

See also: Schiller

English

Etymology

From German Schiller (“shimmer”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

schiller (usually uncountable, plural schillers)

1. (mineralogy) A bronze-like lustre observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.

Derived terms

• schillerite
• schillerization
• schiller-spar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “schiller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• chillers, rechills