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Definition of lignite in English: lignitenoun ˈlɪɡnʌɪtˈlɪɡˌnaɪt mass nounA soft brownish coal showing traces of plant structure, intermediate between bituminous coal and peat. 褐煤 Example sentencesExamples - Depending on the degree of carbon concentration and coalification, one differentiates between lignite, bituminous coal and anthracite.
- Perhaps the hydrothermal activity served as the impetus for the enhancement of coal rank from lignite or subbituminous to high volatile A bituminous.
- Europe, for instance, has sufficient amounts of brown coal, or lignite, to keep the continent supplied with electrical power for the next 200 years or so.
- That plant burned lignite to raise steam for the compressors.
- The republic has supplies of coal and lignite (brown coal) and uranium ore.
- Although by no means restricted to the Neogene, these economically important sequences include brown coals or lignites, which underlie large areas and include substantial fluvial sequences of this age.
- Rice husks release about 16 joules of energy per kilogram, about the same as lignite but less than bituminous coal's 25 joules.
- Coal and lignite and mineral oils were de-reserved from exclusive public sector production.
- Repeatedly, descriptions of lignite, which may be associated with floodplain sequences, are reported.
- The Tertiary coal of northern Thailand is classified according to coal rank as lignite to bituminous coal.
- The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide.
- Coal is usually classified into the sub-groups known as anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and peat.
- In the lower third of the unit, a conspicuous 15-40 cm thick lignite with quartz grit matrix occurs and includes plant stem fragments, some more than 5 cm long.
- The principal crops are wheat, maize, barley, sugar beet, potatoes, and grapes, while mineral resources include bauxite, brown coal, lignite, and copper.
- According to him, in Germany, 50 per cent of the power comes from coal and 30 per cent from lignite.
- Germany's chief natural resources are iron ore, bituminous coal and lignite, potash, timber, lignite, natural gas, salt, and nickel.
- Mining is focused on lignite, bauxite, asbestos, and marble.
- Peats will in situ change successively to lignite, to bituminous coal, and eventually to anthracite.
- It is overlain by the lower shale member, which consists of interbedded carbonaceous shale and lignite that accumulated in coastal marsh and swamps landward of the shoreline.
- The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite.
Derivativesadjective lɪɡˈnɪtɪk Undifferentiated gray to buff sand and gravel, gray to brown lignitic silt and clay, occasional boulders, and rare shell beds. Example sentencesExamples - It is capped by the above mentioned sandstone unit and grades into lignitic clay below.
- The Oligo-Miocene succession consists of interbedded clays and sandstones with subordinate lignitic horizons and several thick conglomeratic units towards the base of the Oligocene.
- The major limitation for using lignitic and sub bituminous Pakistani coals as fuels, is their high sulphur content.
- The objective of this study was to gain more insight to what extent spatial heterogeneity of soil hydraulic parameters contributes to preferential flow at a lignitic mine soil.
OriginEarly 19th century: coined in French from Latin lignum 'wood' + -ite1. Definition of lignite in US English: lignitenounˈliɡˌnītˈlɪɡˌnaɪt A soft brownish coal showing traces of plant structure, intermediate between bituminous coal and peat. 褐煤 Example sentencesExamples - In the lower third of the unit, a conspicuous 15-40 cm thick lignite with quartz grit matrix occurs and includes plant stem fragments, some more than 5 cm long.
- The Tertiary coal of northern Thailand is classified according to coal rank as lignite to bituminous coal.
- Peats will in situ change successively to lignite, to bituminous coal, and eventually to anthracite.
- That plant burned lignite to raise steam for the compressors.
- The republic has supplies of coal and lignite (brown coal) and uranium ore.
- The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide.
- Coal is usually classified into the sub-groups known as anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and peat.
- Germany's chief natural resources are iron ore, bituminous coal and lignite, potash, timber, lignite, natural gas, salt, and nickel.
- Repeatedly, descriptions of lignite, which may be associated with floodplain sequences, are reported.
- Coal and lignite and mineral oils were de-reserved from exclusive public sector production.
- Perhaps the hydrothermal activity served as the impetus for the enhancement of coal rank from lignite or subbituminous to high volatile A bituminous.
- Depending on the degree of carbon concentration and coalification, one differentiates between lignite, bituminous coal and anthracite.
- Europe, for instance, has sufficient amounts of brown coal, or lignite, to keep the continent supplied with electrical power for the next 200 years or so.
- Mining is focused on lignite, bauxite, asbestos, and marble.
- According to him, in Germany, 50 per cent of the power comes from coal and 30 per cent from lignite.
- The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite.
- It is overlain by the lower shale member, which consists of interbedded carbonaceous shale and lignite that accumulated in coastal marsh and swamps landward of the shoreline.
- The principal crops are wheat, maize, barley, sugar beet, potatoes, and grapes, while mineral resources include bauxite, brown coal, lignite, and copper.
- Although by no means restricted to the Neogene, these economically important sequences include brown coals or lignites, which underlie large areas and include substantial fluvial sequences of this age.
- Rice husks release about 16 joules of energy per kilogram, about the same as lignite but less than bituminous coal's 25 joules.
OriginEarly 19th century: coined in French from Latin lignum ‘wood’ + -ite. |