different between enamel vs fluorapatite

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• Rhymes: -æm?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijan? (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Derived terms

• enamelware
• porcelain enamel
• vitreous enamel

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl????æp?ta?t/

Noun

fluorapatite (plural fluorapatites)

1. (mineralogy) A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fluorapatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “fluorapatite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Noun

fluorapatite f (plural fluorapatiti)

1. (mineralogy) fluorapatite