alumina
See also: alúmina
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From (combining form of) Latin alumen + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)
- Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.
- 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
- The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
Derived terms
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[edit]aluminum oxide
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Anagrams
[edit]French
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[edit]Verb
[edit]alumina
- third-person singular past historic of aluminer
Latin
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[edit]alūmina
Portuguese
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- Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧na
Noun
[edit]alumina f (plural aluminas)
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