Meaning of खनिज in English

An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
A mine.
Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
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Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
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