Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for an abrasive of silicon carbide crystals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Silicon carbide, SiC, a product of the electric furnace used as an abrasive material.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A beautiful crystalline compound,
silicon carbide (SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also calledcarbon 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Crystals of
silicon carbide used as anabrasive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is named for Edward Acheson, a U.S. inventor best known for the invention of the highly effective abrasive material Carborundum.
Archive 2010-05-01 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010
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It is named for Edward Acheson, a U.S. inventor best known for the invention of the highly effective abrasive material Carborundum.
John Newman wins the Acheson Award Venkat's Energy Blog 2010
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His father was the president of the Carborundum Corporation, and the family was prosperous and socially prominent in the community.
Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008
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His father was the president of the Carborundum Corporation, and the family was prosperous and socially prominent in the community.
Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008
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His father was the president of the Carborundum Corporation, and the family was prosperous and socially prominent in the community.
Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008
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His father was the president of the Carborundum Corporation, and the family was prosperous and socially prominent in the community.
Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008
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He was incessantly acquisitive, and by the early twentieth century, Mellon had interests not only in coal, steel, and railroads but also in the new industries of aluminum (he owned Alcoa), chemicals (he owned Koppers and Carborundum), and petroleum (he owned Gulf Oil).
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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He was incessantly acquisitive, and by the early twentieth century, Mellon had interests not only in coal, steel, and railroads but also in the new industries of aluminum (he owned Alcoa), chemicals (he owned Koppers and Carborundum), and petroleum (he owned Gulf Oil).
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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He was incessantly acquisitive, and by the early twentieth century, Mellon had interests not only in coal, steel, and railroads but also in the new industries of aluminum (he owned Alcoa), chemicals (he owned Koppers and Carborundum), and petroleum (he owned Gulf Oil).
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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He was incessantly acquisitive, and by the early twentieth century, Mellon had interests not only in coal, steel, and railroads but also in the new industries of aluminum (he owned Alcoa), chemicals (he owned Koppers and Carborundum), and petroleum (he owned Gulf Oil).
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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