Ti"tan*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of titanic acid.
Ti*tan"ic (?), a. Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient
mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
Ti*tan"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. titanique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to
titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically,
designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher
valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.
Titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti.(OH)4, obtained by
decomposing certain titanates; — called also normal titanic acid. By
extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also
metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. — Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See
Menaccanite.
Ti`tan*if"er*ous (?), a. [Titanium + -ferous: cf. F. titanifère.]
Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.
Ti"tan*ite (?), n. [Cf. F. titanite; - - so called from containing
titanic acid.] (Min.) See Sphene.
Ti`tan*it"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a
titanitic mineral.
Ti*ta"ni*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. &?;, the sons
of the earth.] (Chem.) An elementary substance found combined in the
minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an
infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It
burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.
Ti"tan*o- (?). (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively)
designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other
elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.
||Ti`tan*o*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a Titan + &?;, dim. of
||&?; a beast.] (Paleon.) A large American Miocene mammal, allied to
||the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.
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Ti"tan*ous (?), a. Designating certain compounds of titanium in which
that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
Tit"bit` (?), n. Same as Tidbit.