zirconia
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for zirconia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Noun
zirconia (countable and uncountable, plural zirconias)
- (chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.
Synonyms
- zirconium dioxide
Derived terms
- cubic zirconia
- zirconian
Latin
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