serpentine in English

adjective

1

of or like a serpent or snake.

serpentine coils

synonyms: serpentlike, snakelike

noun

1

a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.

The metamorphic mineral serpentine - or magnesium silicate hydroxide - is composed of magnesium, silicon and oxygen and is plentiful.

2

a thing in the shape of a winding curve or line, in particular.

3

a kind of cannon, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

By 1500 triggers had been developed, which remotely operated the serpentine and thus removed the gunner's hand from the area of the touch-hole.

verb

1

move or lie in a winding path or line.

fresh tire tracks serpentined back toward the hopper

adjective

serpentlike, snakelike
winding, windy, zigzag, twisty, twisting and turning, labyrinthine, meandering, sinuous, snaky, tortuous
complicated, complex, intricate, involved, tortuous, convoluted, elaborate, knotty, confusing, bewildering, baffling, impenetrable
snakelike, snaky

Use "serpentine" in a sentence

1. Bastite Pseudomorph of Serpentine after Enstatite.

2. Vent valves along serpentine pipes hissed.

3. From each island proceeded a serpentine trail.

4. Hyper Degrees- of- freedom Robotic Articulated Serpentine.

5. The acid leaching kinetics of serpentine was researched.

6. Antigorite is a hard compact type of Serpentine

7. The film's serpentine plot was difficult to follow.

8. We followed the serpentine course of the river.

9. Antigorite (massive serpentine), chlorite, kaolinite, Bementite, and brushite interfere

10. Tremolite laths and serpentine minerals are present in places.

11. One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.

12. There are serpentine steps leading up from the road.

13. It is commonly associated with olivine, magnetite, serpentine, and corundum.

14. Antigorite (plural Antigorites) A brownish-green variety of serpentine

15. Two vaguely serpentine exters detached themselves from the group.

16. INTERFERENCES: Antigorite (massive serpentine), Chlorite, Kaolinite, Bementite, and Brushite interfere

17. Athenians believe that they are truly Autochthones and part serpentine

18. A serpentine plank path led to cloud-capped Sword Gate.

19. Anl ■ - jade is a serpentine jade of the lizardite type.

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21. Difference property serpentine had been contrasted and obtained some significant results.

22. Serpentine often contains some asbestos , and should be used with caution .

23. 14 synonyms for Anfractuous: flexuous, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous

24. This is a Heavy Mens Vintage Sterling Silver Bradded Serpentine Bracelet

25. Antigorite is a mineral belonging to the serpentine group of minerals

26. 14 synonyms for Anfractuous: flexuous, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, winding

27. Beside the still waters of the Serpentine she lay down and slept.

28. Arabesque definition, a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif

29. Its proposed costly serpentine curve makes sense there, but not necessarily elsewhere.

30. Asbestos minerals are divided into two major groups: Serpentine Asbestos and amphibole Asbestos

31. Antigorite definition, a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form

32. A serpentine column moving through the elephant grass on the back of a knoll.

33. In London, swimmers take the plunge in the Serpentine lake, on Christmas day.

34. Chatoyancy (Bastite) Etymology Serpentine from the serpent-like markings seen in a serpentine marble; chrysotile is from the Greek chrysos (golden) and tilos (fibrous), aptly describing the properties of this mineral

35. Antigorite is a known member of the Serpentine Group of minerals that also

36. Synonyms for Circuitous include indirect, roundabout, winding, meandering, tortuous, circular, rambling, serpentine, twisting and ambagious

37. Antigorite definition is - a brownish green lamellar variety of the mineral serpentine Mg3Si2O5(OH)4.

38. Serpentine Asbestos includes the mineral chrysotile, which has long, curly fibers that can be woven

39. The XRD pattern shows the presence of serpentine, quartz, calcite, hematite, magnetite and anatase phases.

40. We have all types of Condensers, Serpentine, Tube and Fin, Grilldenser, and Multi Flow

41. This early Arquebus was a hand cannon with a serpentine lever to hold matches

42. The rocks commonly are altered to talc with carbonate or serpentine, chlorite, and magnetite.

43. The tubing is serpentine tubing that also allows flexure, for positioning of the cold plates.

44. Synonyms for Anfractuous include tortuous, twisting, curving, serpentine, sinuous, indirect, circuitous, roundabout, crooked and snaky

45. Bullnose wall cap and pool coping is a great option for serpentine garden walls or rounded poolsides

46. A Chicane is a serpentine curve in a road, added by design rather than dictated by geography

47. Sometimes, it is not the serpentine plots, but the dramatic realism that requires a second viewing.

48. Synonyms for Curving include bending, crazy, crooked, curled, curling, curved, curvy, devious, serpentine and sinuous

49. Mineralogical and chemical studies indicate that the serpentine alters to montmorillonite, aluminous goethite, and quartz.

50. Antigorite is a Mg-rich 1:1 trioctahedral-structured layered silicate mineral of the serpentine group