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How to use mica in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Mica means any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. Example: “Mica, Kai, and Matthias find themselves at the epicenter of miracles, strange majick, and disaster.”

More sentences with mica

  • Mica, Kai, and Matthias find themselves at the epicenter of miracles, strange majick, and disaster.2011, David Scherer, Majicians' Journey: The Prophecy, →ISBN. From the entry majick
  • Aventurin is also the name of a variety of quartz spangled with mica or other shiny mineral.2003, “The Mineral Kingdom. Dictionary of Gems, Jewels, Precious Metals and Minerals, with Their Significance and Use in the Superstition…. From the entry aventurine
  • THE FRONT DOORS OF MY STOVE HAD WINDOWS of isinglass (mica) which needed replacement.1976 September, Don Yule, “Cooking and Eating the 19th Century Way”, in The Old-House Journal, volume IV, number 9, [Brooklyn, N.Y.]…. From the entry isinglass
  • Fortunately, a supply of extra mica panels was found in the house.1976 September, Don Yule, “Cooking and Eating the 19th Century Way”, in The Old-House Journal, volume IV, number 9, [Brooklyn, N.Y.]…. From the entry isinglass
  • The signs on cards, picked out with shining mica: Pies Like Mother Used to Make.1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, published 2014, page 160. From the entry IITYWYBAD
  • A nickelplated warrior gleamed from the top of a baseburner that showed pink through its mica doors.1918, Fannie Hurst, Gaslight Sonatas. From the entry baseburner
  • Margarodite, as named by Schafhäutl, was the talc-like mica of Mt.1904, James Dwight Dana, The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868. From the entry margarodite
  • The pseudomorph (Crd) is made up of Grt + Qtz + Ky rodlets + micas flakes (mainly biotite, Bt).2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam…. From the entry ky
  • Millions of years ago the mica schists surrounding the old Brandberg West Mine became folded and concertinaed by enormous horizontal pressures.2012, Amy Schoeman, Skeleton Coast, page ii. From the entry schist
  • The included minerals are scales of shiny mica or hematite.1957, Dorothy M[cKenney] Schlegel, “Semiprecious Gems”, in Gem Stones of the United States (Contributions to Economic Geology; Geological…. From the entry aventurine
  • The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 284. From the entry blench
  • After preparing the sheets, the mica is trimmed or left in semitrimmed condition, accomplished by hand knife, following the natural shape or contour of the sheet.1937, Mineral Trade Notes, volumes 4-5, page 26. From the entry semitrimmed
  • Specular stones were minerals such as selenite (gypsum) or micas that could be cut into thin and transparent sheets, which Roman craftsmen used to seal windows with or in greenhouses.2014, Albert Russell Ascoli, Early Days of X-ray Crystallography, page 177. From the entry specular stone

Meaning of mica

  1. noun Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

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Questions about mica in a sentence

How do you use mica in a sentence?
Mica is used as a noun. For example: “Mica, Kai, and Matthias find themselves at the epicenter of miracles, strange majick, and disaster.”
What is a short sentence with mica?
“The included minerals are scales of shiny mica or hematite.”
What does mica mean?
Mica means any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

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