Usually means: Clay mineral group, swelling properties.
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  1. smectite: Merriam-Webster
  2. smectite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smectite: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smectite: Wordnik
  5. smectite: Wiktionary
  6. smectite: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Smectite, smectite: Dictionary.com
  8. Smectite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Smectite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. smectite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Smectite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. smectite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. smectite: FreeDictionary.org
  14. smectite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. smectite: Encyclopedia

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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Smectite: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. smectite: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smectite)

noun:  (mineralogy) Any of many clay phyllosilicate minerals that have a relatively open structure.

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