Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Pearlite.

  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sorbitol.

Origin

From Sorby (“a surname”) + -ite, after Henry Clifton Sorby.

From Sorby (“a surname”) + -ite, after Henry Clifton Sorby.

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Forms

plural: sorbites
Singularsorbite
Pluralsorbites

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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