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mill•er•ite
(mil′ə rīt′),USA pronunciation n.
Mill•er•ite (mil′ə rīt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Mineralogya mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
- Miller (see Miller index) + -ite1 1850–55
Mill•er•ite (mil′ə rīt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Religiona follower of William Miller, a U.S. preacher who taught that the Second Advent of Christ and the beginning of the millennium were to occur in 1843.
- west, western. Miller + -ite1 1835–45, American.