Explore Endmember through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Endmember meaning
- A member at one end of a range or series made up of similar members.
- A mineral that occurs at one end in a range of solid solutions.
Using Endmember
- The main meaning on this page is: A member at one end of a range or series made up of similar members. | A mineral that occurs at one end in a range of solid solutions.
Context around Endmember
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Endmember
- In this selection, "endmember" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tourmaline, magnesium, components and models stand out and add context to how "endmember" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fayalite fe endmember fe 2 and forsterite mg endmember mg 2. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "endmember" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with endmember
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These high-pressure phases of iron are important as endmember models for the solid parts of planetary cores. (18 words)
Dravite Black Dravite on a grey matrix Dravite, also called brown tourmaline, is the sodium magnesium rich tourmaline endmember. (19 words)
The ideal reactions involve the magnesium endmember components of the olivine (reaction 1) or serpentine (reaction 2), the latter derived from earlier olivine by hydration and silicification (reaction 3). (29 words)
The ratio of magnesium and iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg 2 Si 4 ) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2 Si 4 ). (31 words)
The ideal reactions involve the magnesium endmember components of the olivine (reaction 1) or serpentine (reaction 2), the latter derived from earlier olivine by hydration and silicification (reaction 3). (29 words)
Dravite Black Dravite on a grey matrix Dravite, also called brown tourmaline, is the sodium magnesium rich tourmaline endmember. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
The ratio of magnesium and iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg 2 Si 4 ) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2 Si 4 ).
Dravite Black Dravite on a grey matrix Dravite, also called brown tourmaline, is the sodium magnesium rich tourmaline endmember.
The ideal reactions involve the magnesium endmember components of the olivine (reaction 1) or serpentine (reaction 2), the latter derived from earlier olivine by hydration and silicification (reaction 3).
These high-pressure phases of iron are important as endmember models for the solid parts of planetary cores.