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Synonyms for kaolins

Grammar : Noun
Spell : key-uh-lin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ ə lɪn

Top 10 synonyms for kaolins
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Définition of kaolins

Origin :
  • "china clay," 1727, from French kaolin (1712), from Chinese Kao-ling, old-style transliteration of the name of a mountain in Jiangxi, China (near which it was originally dug up), from Chinese gao "high" + ling "mountain, hill."
  • As in clay : noun workable earth material
Example sentences :
  • Some kaolins are rather plastic but most of them are "short" in working and rather tender.
  • Extract from : « The Potter's Craft » by Charles F. Binns
  • Found in a crystalline form in china clays and kaolins (p. 107).
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • The porcelain clays and kaolins contain about half their weight of this earth, to which they owe their most valuable properties.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 » by Various
  • The kaolins are primary clays formed by the decomposition of felspar and occur in many parts of the world.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • As the china clays (kaolins) and ball clays on very careful elutriation all yield a product of the same ultimate composition, viz.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • It is a mistake to suppose that all white clays of slight plasticity are china clays or kaolins.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • Some kaolins in central Europe appear to have been transported and of secondary origin.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • Some kaolins appear to have been formed by weathering and others by subaerial action.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Clay » by Alfred B. Searle
  • The Kaolins in general appear to consist of alumina and silica in nearly equal proportions.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
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