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kaoline

kaoline is the alternative spelling of kaolin.

Meaning of kaolin

Noun

kaolin (countable and uncountable, plural kaolins)

  1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
    • The composition of the Eastern or proper China ware, according to accounts that have great marks of authenticity, is from two earths; one of which is, as was before mentioned, vitrescent, and is called Petunse; the other a refractory or apyrous earth; and called Kaolin.1757, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume 2

Forms of kaoline

pluralkaolines

Questions about kaoline

What is kaoline the alternative spelling of?
Kaoline is the alternative spelling of kaolin.

Words near kaoline in the dictionary

  1. kaolin clotting times
  2. kaolin-cephalin clotting time
  3. kaolin-cephalin clotting times
  4. kaolinate
  5. kaolinates
  6. kaoline
  7. kaolines
  8. kaolinic
  9. kaolinic acid
  10. kaolinisation
  11. kaolinise

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