alumino-

a combining form of aluminum, used especially before a consonant:

aluminosilicate.

Also, especially before a vowel, alumin-.

Related Words

aluminography
aluminosilicate
aluminothermy

alumino-|əˈl(j)uːmɪnəʊ|combining form of the words alumina, aluminum, used in compound names implying the union of these with another element, as alumino-magnesian silicate, a double silicate of aluminium and magnesium.1864Reader 18 June 784/1 An alumino-magnesian silicate allied to chlorite in composition.

alumino- /əˈlu:mɪnəʊ/ combining form of alumina and aluminium: see -o-.

DERIVATIVE aluminoˈsilicate noun a silicate containing aluminium, esp. one in which aluminium replaces some of the silicon in the ion SiO₄⁻; spec. any of the numerous minerals of this kind, e.g. the clay minerals and feldspars: E20.
aluminoˈthermic adjective of or pertaining to aluminothermy E20.
aluminoˈthermy noun the production of high temperatures (for welding, smelting, etc.) by means of the oxidation of powdered aluminium E20.

alumino-
— see alumin-

alumino-
aluminio-

Prefix

chemistry aluminium

Derived terms

aluminography

aluminohalide

aluminohydride

aluminomagnesian silicate

aluminosilicate

methylaluminoxane

Related terms

aluminothermy