edisonite Min.
(ˈɛdɪsənaɪt)
[f. name of Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (1847–1931) + -ite1.]
A name formerly given to a supposed variety of rutile. Disused.
| 1888 W. E. Hidden in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3rd Ser. XXXVI. 274, I therefore propose for it the name Edisonite, after Mr. Thomas Alva Edison. 1889 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LVI. 354 Edisonite, a fourth form of Titanic Anhydride. 1944 C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 7) I. 560 Edisonite, a supposed orthorhombic polymorph of TiO2. |