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- Dictionaryserpentine/ˈsəːp(ə)ntʌɪn/
adjective
- 1. of or like a serpent or snake: "serpentine coils"
noun
- 1. a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.
- 2. a winding lake in Hyde Park, London, constructed in 1730.
verb
- 1. move or lie in a winding path or line: "fresh tyre tracks serpentined back towards the hopper"
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: a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance. Did you know? A snake moves by curving and winding along the ground.
SERPENTINE definition: 1. curving and twisting like a snake: 2. complicated and difficult to understand: 3. curving and…. Learn more.
SERPENTINE meaning: 1. curving and twisting like a snake: 2. complicated and difficult to understand: 3. curving and…. Learn more.
noun. a dark green or brown mineral with a greasy or silky lustre, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. It is used as an ornamental stone; and one variety (chrysotile) is known as asbestos. Composition: hydrated magnesium silicate. Formula: Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 . Crystal structure: monoclinic.
You can use the adjective serpentine to describe things that look like a serpent or are snakelike. Looking down at the carved riverbeds in the Grand Canyon is like looking into a basket of snakes: the serpentine twists curve throughout the canyon floor.
Definition of serpentine adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr 2 O 4. zircon chromite scheelite.
n. 1. (Minerals) a dark green or brown mineral with a greasy or silky lustre, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. It is used as an ornamental stone; and one variety (chrysotile) is known as asbestos. Composition: hydrated magnesium silicate. Formula: Mg3Si2O5 (OH)4. Crystal structure: monoclinic.
Serpentine definition: Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous.
serpentine meaning, definition, what is serpentine: winding like a snake: Learn more.