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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.] [1913 Webster] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See Menaccanite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ilmenite n 1: a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium