'Mineral kingdom' definitions:
Definition of 'mineral kingdom'
(from WordNet)
noun
All inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms
Definition of 'Mineral kingdom'
From: GCIDE
- Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and -dom.]
- 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. [1913 Webster]
- Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron. xxi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control. [1913 Webster]
- Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. "The animal and vegetable kingdoms." --Locke. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Animal kingdom. See under Animal.
- Kingdom of God. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God.
- Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral.
- United Kingdom. See under United.
- Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
- Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mineral kingdom'
From: GCIDE
- Mineral \Min"er*al\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters. [1913 Webster]
- Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as distinguished from the organic acids.
- Mineral blue, the name usually given to azurite, when reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.
- Mineral candle, a candle made of paraffin.
- Mineral caoutchouc, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness. See Caoutchouc, and Elaterite.
- Mineral chameleon (Chem.) See Chameleon mineral, under Chameleon.
- Mineral charcoal. See under Charcoal.
- Mineral cotton. See Mineral wool (below).
- Mineral green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.
- Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects, as distinguished from plants or animals.
- Mineral oil. See Naphtha, and Petroleum.
- Mineral paint, a pigment made chiefly of some natural mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.
- Mineral patch. See Bitumen, and Asphalt.
- Mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land.
- Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid.
- Mineral tallow, a familiar name for hatchettite, from its fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.
- Mineral water. See under Water.
- Mineral wax. See Ozocerite.
- Mineral wool, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is a poor conductor of heat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mineral kingdom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal kingdom,
- brute matter,
- chain of being,
- class structure,
- domain,
- establishment,
- gel mineral,
- hierarchy,
- inorganic matter,
- inorganic substance,
- kingdom,
- metamict substance,
- mineral,
- mineral resources,
- mineral world,
- mineraloid,
- natural hierarchy,
- pecking order,
- power structure,
- pyramid,
- realm,
- vegetable kingdom