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English Definitions
quartz
N
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
quartz
N
a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
N
a stamp mill for stamping quartz
N
a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency; used in crystal oscillators
N
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
quartz lamp
N
a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
N
a stamp mill for stamping quartz
N
an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal
N
hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
relating to or made of quartz
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