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kaolin

/key-uh-lin/US // ˈkeɪ ə lɪn //UK // (ˈkeɪəlɪn) //

高岭土,高林,高陵土,高丽土

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.

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Examples

  • The alkali species yield kaolin by alteration, and are thus the source of china-clay.

  • Established by M. Haffringue, in the 19th century, with the kaolin of Limoges.

  • Their faces are painted black across the whole mid section and the chins are covered with white kaolin—a really startling effect.

  • The kaolin is washed at the pit, and sent in this state to Sèvres, under the name of decanted earth.

  • This sieve is shaken upon its support, in order to make it discharge the washed argillaceous kaolin.