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kaolin
English
Alternative forms
- kaoline
Etymology
From French kaolin, from Chinese ????? (G?ol?ng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location where this clay was first found.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ke?.?.l?n/
Noun
kaolin (countable and uncountable, plural kaolins)
- A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
Synonyms
- china clay
- E559 when used as an anti-caking agent
- paper clay
Derived terms
Related terms
- kaoliang
Translations
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
Czech
Alternative forms
- kaolín
Noun
kaolin m
- kaolin
Declension
See also
- keramika
- hrn?í?ství
French
Etymology
From the Chinese words ????? (G?ol?ng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location this clay was first found.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.?.l??/
Noun
kaolin m (plural kaolins)
- kaolin
Further reading
- “kaolin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French kaolin, from Chinese ????? (G?ol?ng, “high hill”)
Noun
kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)
- (mineralogy) kaolin
Synonyms
- porselensjord
References
- “kaolin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “kaolin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French kaolin, from Chinese ????? (G?ol?ng, “high hill”)
Noun
kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)
- (mineralogy) kaolin
Synonyms
- porselensjord
References
- “kaolin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?li?n/
- Hyphenation: ka?o?lin
Noun
kaòl?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- kaolin
Declension
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talc
English
Etymology
From Middle French talc, from Arabic ?????? (?alq), from Persian ???? (talk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tælk/
- Rhymes: -ælk
Noun
talc (countable and uncountable, plural talcs)
- (obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
- (obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
- A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
- Talcum powder.
Translations
Verb
talc (third-person singular simple present talcs, present participle talcing, simple past and past participle talced)
- (transitive) To apply talc to.
- 1940, Rubber Journal, Volume 99, page 479,
- "Generous talcing" is applied not only to the naked bale, but to the inside of the wrapper, and after stenciling, to the interior of the package. This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading."
- 1977, Great Britain Health and Safety Executive, Manufacturing & Service Industries, page 43,
- Three manufacturers have now produced separate designs for talcing boxes; one uses conventional techniques of brushing and vibrators, one is a fluidised bed and the third is an electrostatic applicator.
- 1983, Aaron Elkins, The Dark Place, 2010, page 107,
- Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work.
- 1940, Rubber Journal, Volume 99, page 479,
Translations
See also
- soapstone
- steatite
Anagrams
- CTAL, clat, lact-
French
Etymology
From Persian ???? (talq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /talk/
Noun
talc m (plural talcs)
- talc
References
Further reading
- “talc” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French talc
Noun
talc n (uncountable)
- talc
Declension
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