Relating to, containing, or resembling amiant or asbestos.
From 'amiant' plus the adjectival suffix '-ine' (from Latin '-inus'). This suffix typically creates adjectives meaning 'of or pertaining to' something, common in scientific nomenclature.
The '-ine' suffix appears in chemistry and mineralogy constantly—we have 'saline' (like salt), 'feline' (cat-like), and 'amianthine' (asbestos-like)—it's a suffix that scientists inherited from Latin and still use to classify materials today.
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