See Also: gmelinite(medicine)

assessor (iou) and gmelinite (medicine)


assessor (iou)



assessor noun. LME.
[Old French assessour (mod. -eur) from Latin assessor assistant judge, (in medieval Latin) assessor of taxes: see ASSESS verb, -OR.]
I.
A person who sits as assistant or adviser to a judge or magistrate on technical points. LME.
gen. A person who sits beside another; a person who shares another's position. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Milton Whence to his Son, Th' Assessor of his Throne.
II.
A person who makes assessments for the purposes of taxation. LME.
gen. A person who makes evaluations or estimates. M19.
asse'ssorial adjective of or pertaining to an assessor or assessors E18.

gmelinite (medicine)


gmelinite
<chemical> A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.

Origin: Named after the German chemist Gmelin.

Source: Websters Dictionary