n. A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One of the three forms in which titanium dioxid occurs in nature.
Word Usage
"Rutile is made up mostly of titanium dioxide with two rarer polymorphs anatase or octahedrite, which is a tetragonal mineral of pseudo-octahedral habit, and brookite, which is an orthorhombic mineral, the Doctor explained to her."