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Meaning of SCHILLER

Pronunciation:  'shilur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  German romantic writer (1759-1805)
 
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 Synonyms: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
 
 See Also: author, writer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Schil"ler\, n. [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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