carborundum
See also: Carborundum
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of carbon + corundum; originally a trade name.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carborundum (uncountable)
- Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
- 1892, Nikola Tesla, Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 73:
- There is no doubt that such a button — properly prepared under great pressure — of carborundum, especially of powder of the best quality, will withstand the effect of the bombardment fully as well as anything we know.
- 1976, M.R. Walter, Stromatolites, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 28:
- This can most readily be done by use of carborundum marking. The procedure involves successive marking of the same mat with layers of carborundum at least twice.
- 1995, Reg F. Chapman, Gerrit de Boer, Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 22:
- At the same times, samples were taken to determine that the carborundum treatment did increase the amount of wear of the mandibles compared with insects on the diet without carborundum powder.
- 2008, Gerald W. R. Ward, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83:
- Print made by combining carborundum—a carbon and silicon compound customarily used for polishing by abrasion—with synthetic resin or varnish (see also Prints, §III, 5).
Translations edit
crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Carborundum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “carborundum”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
French edit
Noun edit
carborundum m (plural carborundums)
Further reading edit
- “carborundum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English carborundum.
Noun edit
carborundum m (invariable)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French carborundum.
Noun edit
carborundum n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of carborundum (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) carborundum | carborundumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) carborundum | carborundumului |
vocative | carborundumule |