asbestine
asbestine adjective: resembling or relating to asbestos.
Adjective
asbestine (comparative more asbestine, superlative most asbestine)
- Resembling or relating to asbestos.
Noun
asbestine (countable and uncountable, plural asbestines)
- A type of fibrous talc used primarily as a filler or extender.
- The Asbestines are crystalline Silicates of a whitish grey in colour containing Alumina, Lime, Iron and Magnesia.1932, Sands, Clays and Minerals, page 49
- The most efficient of these fillers for reducing the coefficient of thermal expansion of vinyl acetate resin are the asbestines.1944 November, Philip S. Turner, Jewel Doran, Frank W. Reinhart, Fairing Compositions for Aircraft Surfaces (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Technical Note; No. 958), Washington, page 8
asbestine meaning in Tamil
asbestine in Tamil
- நிகா கல்நார், கல்நாராலான, கல்நார் போன்ற, கல்நார்இயல்புடைய, எரியாத, தீக்கிரையாகாத
Forms of asbestine
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more asbestine |
| superlative | most asbestine |
| Noun | |
| plural | asbestines |
Origin of asbestine
From asbestos + -ine?
Words formed from asbestine
Questions about asbestine
- What does asbestine mean?
- Asbestine means resembling or relating to asbestos.
- What is asbestine in Tamil?
- Asbestine in Tamil is நிகா கல்நார், கல்நாராலான, கல்நார் போன்ற. See Asbestine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is asbestine?
- Asbestine can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near asbestine in the dictionary
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