Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft crystalline allotrope of carbon, composed of graphene layers, having a steel-gray to black metallic luster and a greasy feel, used in lead pencils, lubricants, paints and coatings, and fabricated into a variety of forms such as molds, bricks, electrodes, crucibles, and rocket nozzles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
graffito . See the extract. - noun One of the forms under which carbon occurs in nature (see
carbon ), also known as plumbago and black-lead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called
lead pencils ), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often calledplumbago orblack lead . - noun (Elec.) a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
allotrope ofcarbon consisting of planes of carbonatoms arranged inhexagonal arrays with theplanes stacked loosely that is used as a drylubricant and in "lead"pencils . - noun Short for
graphite-reinforced plastic , acomposite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness. - noun A
grey colour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Liquid graphite is black, slick and somewhat messy, and will require a good cleaning prior to using the rifle.
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Liquid graphite is black, slick and somewhat messy, and will require a good cleaning prior to using the rifle.
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Less graphite is required in creating the rod blanks, which, according to Whiting, "have the performance of graphite and the durability of fiberglass."
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One of the benefits of using graphite is that it keeps the silver from oxidizing, so bullets come out bright and shiny.
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While there was always enough money to buy the latest in graphite and Gore-Tex, our wives shopped at discount stores and clad our little ones in hand-me-downs; our oldest kids relied on part-time jobs and student loans to stay in college.
Time on the Water 2002
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The carbon balls are formed when graphite is evaporated in an inert atmosphere.
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Some of the more interesting investigations were conducted on layered compounds, especially on radiation damage in graphite and alkalimetal graphites.
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The update is designed for older AirPort Base Stations - the original "graphite" - colored model and its white successor, with dual Ethernet ports.
Macworld 2009
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Some of his famous works include: The School of Athens (fresco) 1511-1512, Christ Supported by Two Angels (1490 – yes, when he was seven!), a self-portrait in graphite (unknown), Coronation of the Virgin (1502-03), and Saint George and the Dragon (unknown).
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The problem was that graphite is light, and strong, and very slippery, and none of the scope’s little innards would stay anchored, and so it came unglued with the first shot.
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