| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ze·o·lite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  z   -l t |
| NOUN: | Any one of a family of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, whose molecules enclose cations of sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium, or barium, or a corresponding synthetic compound, used chiefly as molecular filters and ion-exchange agents. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Swedish zeolit, from Greek zein, to boil (from its swelling and boiling under the blowpipe). See yes- in Appendix I.
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