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Definition of Sectility
1. n. The state or quality of being sectile.
Definition of Sectility
1. Noun. The property of being able to be cut; examples of materials with this property include wood, metal, and paper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sectility
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sectility
Literary usage of Sectility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon: With Instructions for by Joseph Henry Collins (1871)
"It may be distinguished from Fahlerz by its sectility and grey streak ; from
galena by the absence of cleavage and sectility ; from pyrargyrite by its ..."
2. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"It is distinguished from Native Silver, by its sectility and cleavage : from
White Cobalt^ by its sectility, ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"... and the color of their streak; and minerals of non-metallic luster with white
or light pray streak, and according to their sectility or hardness. $2. ..."
4. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"... globule is known to be silver by its flattening out readily under a hammer,
and also by its sectility. The species vary in specific ..."
5. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"... globule of silver either alone or with »oda ; the globule is known to be silver
by its flattening out readily under a hammer, and also by its sectility. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1900)
"From the well-known sectility of tellurides, combined with the very fine crushing
necessary for the ..."
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