Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fine clay used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or coating for paper and textiles, as an additive in food and toothpaste, and as an antidiarrheal drug.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine variety of clay, resulting from the decomposition of feldspar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
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- noun A fine
clay , rich inkaolinite , used inceramics ,paper -making , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Aluminum silicate Also called kaolin, this clay mineral was the "kao" in antidiarrheal Kaopectate until 1989.
What's Inside: This Exterior Latex Paint Coats Walls, Fights Diarrhea 2008
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Another crop they use is called kaolin (pronounced "gollin" in this country).
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In relatively pure condition it is called kaolin; in the impure state, mixed with sand and other substances, it forms common clay.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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In contrast, the Meissen factory created more impermeable ceramics like those made in China by combining a white clay called kaolin into the mix and firing the pieces at high temperatures.
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In contrast, the Meissen factory created more impermeable ceramics like those made in China by combining a white clay called kaolin into the mix and firing the pieces at high temperatures.
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In contrast, the Meissen factory created more impermeable ceramics like those made in China by combining a white clay called kaolin into the mix and firing the pieces at high temperatures.
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It engages in iron ore mining, pellet production, manganese ore mining and ferroalloy production, as well as in the production of nonferrous minerals, such as kaolin, potash, copper and gold.
Five BRIC Strength Stocks Jordan Kimmel 2006
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· Adsorbents, such as kaolin, pectin and activated charcoal.
Chapter 6 1993
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If you want to make a china cup, you must have a fine sort of clay called "kaolin," which is pure white when it is fired and is not very common; but if you want to make bricks, it will not be at all difficult to find a suitable clay bank.
Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892
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Besides the coloring, a "filler" is usually added at this time, such as kaolin, the fine clay of which china is made.
Makers of Many Things Eva March Tappan 1892
knitandpurl commented on the word kaolin
"My work required careful research (as patient as Gutenberg taking his time making an ink that was neither too fluid nor not fluid enough) to find a discrete way to starch the lips of these slits. I used kaolin."
Savage by Jacques Jouet, translated by Amber Shields, p 58 of the Dalkey Archive Press paperback edition
October 13, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word kaolin
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October 13, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word kaolin
"Porcelain is traditionally made from two essential ingredients: kaolin, also called china clay, a silicate mineral that gives porcelain its plasticity, its structure; and petunse, or pottery stone, which lends the ceramic its translucency and hardness. Kaolin is the more essential ingredient—a potter’s clay is meant to exist, like his glazes, in variations—and it takes its name from a mountain in Jingdezhen, China, where porcelain was first created, more than a thousand years ago, called Gaoling, which means “high ridge.” The name was recorded incorrectly by a Jesuit priest, Pere d’Entrecolles, in the early eighteenth century, in his letters home describing the Chinese technique."
-- http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-european-obsession-with-porcelain
November 12, 2015