Lignite

Lignite
  The lowest rank of coal, often referred to as brown coal, used almost exclusively as fuel for steam-electric power generation. It is brownish-black and has a high inherent moisture content, sometimes as high as 45 percent The heat content of lignite ranges from 9 to 17 million Btu per ton on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis. The heat content of lignite consumed in the United States averages 13 million Btu per ton, on the as-received basis (i.e. containing both inherent moisture and mineral matter).
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary
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  Brownish black coal having qualities in between those of bituminous coal and peat. The texture of the original wood often is visible in lignite.
  California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms

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  • lignite — [ liɲit ] n. m. • 1765; lat. lignum « bois » ♦ Charbon fossile, noir ou brun, compact, composé à 70% de carbone, riche en débris ligneux. Gisement de lignite. Lignite noir et brillant. ⇒ jais. ● lignite nom masculin (latin lignum, bois) Charbon… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lignite — Lignite, ND U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 174 Housing Units (2000): 111 Land area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lignite, ND — U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 174 Housing Units (2000): 111 Land area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lignite — Lig nite (l[i^]g n[imac]t), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F. lignite.] (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lignite — imperfectly formed coal, 1808, from French, from L. lignum wood (see LIGNI (Cf. ligni )). Brown coal that still shows traces of the wood it once was. Probably directly from Lithanthrax Lignius, name given to woody coal by Swedish chemist Johan… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lignite — s. f. Carvão fóssil …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • lignite — ► NOUN ▪ soft brownish coal, intermediate between bituminous coal and peat. ORIGIN from Latin lignum wood …   English terms dictionary

  • lignite — [lig′nīt΄] n. [Fr: see LIGNEOUS & ITE1] a usually soft, brownish black coal in which the texture of the original wood can often still be seen: in the process of coalification it represents the intermediate stage in density and amount of carbon… …   English World dictionary

  • Lignite — For other uses, see Lignite (disambiguation). Lignite …   Wikipedia

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  • lignite — lignitic /lig nit ik/, adj. /lig nuyt/, n. a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal. [1800 10; LIGN + ITE1] * * * Yellow to dark… …   Universalium

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