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Schiller
Schil′ler
,Noun.
[G., play of colors.]
(Min.)
The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.
Schiller spar
(Min.)
, an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.
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Schiller
Schiller
See also: schiller
English
Proper noun
Schiller
- A German surname.
- German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright Friedrich Schiller.
Derived terms
Translations
surname
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German schilher (“a person who suffers from strabismus”), a byname derived from Middle High German schilhen, schillen (“to suffer from strabismus”), whence also modern German schielen. In North Germany Schiller might stem from Middle Low German schilder (“painter, signboard painter”).[1]
Proper noun
Schiller m, f (genitive Schillers)
- A surname.
References
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden — Lexikon der Familiennamen, Mannheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-411-73111-4; entry Schiller
schiller
schiller
See also: Schiller
English
Noun
schiller (usually uncountable, plural schillers)
- (mineralogy) A bronze-like lustre observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.
Derived terms
- schillerization
- schiller spar