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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: carborundum (0.00819 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: carborundum
carborundum
n : an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Carborundum
Carborundum
\Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
A beautiful crystalline compound,
silicon carbide (
SiC),
consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
called
carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and
sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
is used as an abrasive.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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