alite

Named by Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.

alite (uncountable)

1. An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
   • 2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment‎^[1]:

     After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.

• telia, altie, Eilat, e-tail

From alittaa +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑliteˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lit̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlite
• Hyphenation^(key): ali‧te

alite

1. finer part of something sifted or sieved, that which passed through the sieve

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• Homophones: alitent, alites

alite

1. inflection of aliter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

alite f (plural aliti)

1. (inorganic chemistry) halite

   Synonym: salgemma

• Leati, ateli, itale, lieta, telai

alite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of alō