amianthus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos, “undefiled”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μιαίνω (miaínō, “I defile”).

Noun

amianthus (uncountable)

1. A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, I:

     the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]

Translations

a type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers

• Portuguese: amianto (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: amianto m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amianthus”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “amianthus”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.