zeolitic, adj.

zeolitic
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# zeoliticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zeolitic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zeolitic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zeolitic?

About 0.04occurrences per million words in modern written English

1780 | 0.022
1790 | 0.019
1800 | 0.017
1810 | 0.017
1820 | 0.026
1830 | 0.025
1840 | 0.022
1850 | 0.022
1860 | 0.026
1870 | 0.032
1880 | 0.036
1890 | 0.029
1900 | 0.032
1910 | 0.035
1920 | 0.036
1930 | 0.035
1940 | 0.033
1950 | 0.034
1960 | 0.037
1970 | 0.037
1980 | 0.037
1990 | 0.039
2000 | 0.041
2010 | 0.044

### How is the adjective zeolitic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌziːəˈlɪtɪk/
zee-uh-LIT-ik

#### U.S. English

/ˌziəˈlɪdɪk/
zee-uh-LID-ik

### Where does the adjective zeolitic come from?

Earliest known use

late 1700s

The earliest known use of the adjective zeolitic is in the late 1700s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeolitic is from 1782, in the writing of Thomas Martyn, botanist.

zeolitic is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zeolite n., ‑ic suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zenzi-, comb. form
2. zenzic, n. & adj. 1557–71
3. zenzicube, adj. & n. 1557–1690
4. zenzicubic, adj. 1557–71
5. zenzicubicube, n. a1690
6. zenzizenzic, adj. & n. 1557–1690
7. zenzizenzicube, n. a1690
8. zenzizenzicubic, adj. a1690
9. zenzizenzizenzic, n. 1557–1690
10. zeolite, n. 1770–
11. zeolitic, adj.1782–
12. zeolitical, adj. 1788–
13. zeolitically, adv. 1926–
14. zeolitiform, adj. 1788–
15. zeolitization, n. 1879–
16. zeolitize, v. 1881–
17. zeolitized, adj. 1888–
18. Zephiran, n. 1935–
19. Zéphirine Drouhin, n. 1901–
20. zephyr, n. Old English–
21. zephyr, v. 1829–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< zeolite n. + ‑ic suffix…
< zeolite n. + ‑ic suffix.

### Notes

Compare French zéolitique (1794 or earlier).

## Meaning & use

Geology and Chemistry.

1. 1782–
   Of or relating to zeolites; of the nature of a zeolite.
   1. 1782

      > Zeolitic or Basaltine Stones.

      T. Martyn, Heads of Course of Lect. Natural History 35
   2. 1848

      > An intimate mixture of augite and magnetic iron with a mineral of the zeolitic family.

      C. G. B. Daubeny, Descr. Volcanos (ed. 2) 18
   3. 1931

      > Little is known of the actual nature of the zeolitic bodies in the soil.

      A. D. Hall, Soil (ed. 4) i. 28
   4. 2013

      > Each grave will be lined with zeolitic material to prevent pollution.

      Royston Crow (Nexis) 21 November
   chemistry geology minerals
   1. zeolitic 1782–
      Of or relating to zeolites; of the nature of a zeolite.
   2. zeolitical 1788–
      Of or relating to zeolites; of the nature of a zeolite.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌziːəˈlɪtɪk/
zee-uh-LIT-ik

### U.S. English

/ˌziəˈlɪdɪk/
zee-uh-LID-ik

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zeolitic typically occurs about 0.04 times per million words in modern written English.

zeolitic is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zeolitic, adj., 1780–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1780 | 0.022
1790 | 0.019
1800 | 0.017
1810 | 0.017
1820 | 0.026
1830 | 0.025
1840 | 0.022
1850 | 0.022
1860 | 0.026
1870 | 0.032
1880 | 0.036
1890 | 0.029
1900 | 0.032
1910 | 0.035
1920 | 0.036
1930 | 0.035
1940 | 0.033
1950 | 0.034
1960 | 0.037
1970 | 0.037
1980 | 0.037
1990 | 0.039
2000 | 0.041
2010 | 0.044

### Frequency of zeolitic, adj., 2017–2024

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the corpus.

Period | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
2017 | 0
2018 | 0.0043
2019 | 0.0044
2020 | 0.0058
2021 | 0.0068
2022 | 0.0075
2023 | 0.0051
2024 | 0.0052

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zeolitically, adv. 1926–
   In a manner characteristic of zeolites; by means…

Originally published as part of the entry for zeolite, n.

zeolitic, adj. was revised in June 2018.

zeolitic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.